AMBULANCE, seeing

From: A Dictionary of Superstitions | Date: 1996| Author: | Copyright information

AMBULANCE, seeing
c. 1908 Finsbury Park ( ROLPH London Particulars 55) The children … would grasp their coat collars on seeing an ambulance … and call out something like ‘Grab your collar, don't swaller, Never catch the fever,’ or ‘There goes the fever-van, Never touch the mealyman’ … Having seen an ambulance in the street, you must hold your breath and pinch your nose until you saw a black or brown dog.

1930 Child, 7 [London] ‘Touch collar, Never swallow, Never catch the ...

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