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Wisconsin

5 entries associated with this region.

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  • #365

    If your apron drops off, you’ll lose your beau. The same is true if you lose your garter.

    Stevens Point, Wis.
  • #417

    Two spoons in a cup is the sign of a wedding.

    Bathurst, N. B., and Wisconsin.
  • #523

    To dream of smoke means death.

    Wisconsin.
  • #559

    To dream of washing is a sign of a move.

    Cape Breton and Wisconsin.
  • #1173

    If the coffin does not settle down smoothly into place in the grave, but has to be raised and lowered again, another in the family will die inside a year.

    Stevens Point, Wis.

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