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Superstition #193

“Rich man, poor man, beggar, thief, doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief.” Said over by little girls on their back hair combs to find the occupation of their future husbands.

New York.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 193.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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