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Kentucky

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  • #662

    If you start anywhere and go back, it is bad luck unless you make a cross-mark and spit in it.

    Alabama and Kentucky.
  • #1272

    It is unlucky to turn back after starting to go anywhere. To avert misfortune after turning back, make the sign of the cross in the dust with the heel, and spit in the cross.

    Arkansas (negro), and Kentucky.

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