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Superstition #864

To bring up the palate when it drops and tickles the root of the tongue, take a wisp of hair on the crown of the head and tie it up very tight.

Chestertown, Md.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 864.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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