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SAYING

A GREEN CHRISTMAS MAKES A FULL GRAVEYARD.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER WHO SAID THE SAYING WAS USED IN
DUNDEE, SCOTLAND WHERE SHE LIVED UNTIL SHE WAS AROUND 30 YEARS OLD.
INFORMANT'S MOTHER CAME TO AMERICA IN 1912, THREE YEARS AFTER
INFORMANT WAS BORN.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH

Subject headings:

Observation
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below.
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 10-02-1971

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