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Missouri

3 entries associated with this region.

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  • #259

    After proceeding as above, count the number of new shoots that spring up (if any). The number shows how many children will result from the marriage.

    Greene Co., Mo.
  • #915

    Run a pin through the wart, and put the pin in the road; the finder gets the wart.

    Missouri.
  • #1269

    If you put clothes of a live person on a corpse, when the clothes decay the owner will die.

    St. Joseph, Mo.

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