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BELIEF ABOUT LITTLE PEOPLE
ALWAYS LEAVE SOME FOOD ON YOUR DOOR STEP FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE. THIS
KEEPS YOU FROM THEIR MISCHIEF.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS GIVEN TO MRS. CHESNEY BY MATILDA MELLON, HER MOTHER,
WHO WAS AN IRISH IMMIGRANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 09-16-1975