The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

BELIEF

IF YOU FORGET WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO TELL SOMEONE,
IT MEANS THAT WHATEVER YOU HAD TO TELL WAS A LIE.

Submitter comment: THE MOTHER-IN-LAW OF THE INFORMANT USED TO TELL HER THIS.
THE INFORMANT CLAIMS THAT, ALTHOUGH SHE DOES NOT BELIEVE
IT HERSELF, SHE TELLS IT TO HER OWN CHILDREN NOW.

Where learned: DETROIT

Date learned: 05-14-1965