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OLD SAYINGS
IF YOU LIFT UP YOUR FEET FOR SOMEONE TO SWEEP UNDER, YOU WON'T
MARRY.
YOU SHOULD GO OUT THE SAME DOOE YOU CAME IN TO KEEP BAD LUCK FROM
COMING IN.
DON'T LET AN OBSTACLE, TREE GO BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE WALKING.
LIFT UP YOUR FEET WHEN YOU CROSS A STATE LINE.
LIFT UP YOUR FEET WHEN YOU CROSS RAILROAD TRACKS OR YOU WON'T
MARRY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
