_strange-shake-hands_
strange a _Belief_ In my community, frogs are quite common in the ponds and the belief about the frogs is that if you catch one or touch it you will get warts. From my own experience of catching frogs I've never gotten any. Another belief is connected with the itching of the left hand. If your...
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| Summary: | strange a _Belief_ In my community, frogs are quite common in the ponds and the belief about the frogs is that if you catch one or touch it you will get warts. From my own experience of catching frogs I've never gotten any. Another belief is connected with the itching of the left hand. If your left hand itches this means that you are going to have a "_strange-shake-hands_", in other words meet some one strange [PT] DICT CEN. DNE-cit JW Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I make strange, strange shake-hands NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY. Source listed in DNE as C 71-126. |
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