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Girl brings ill luck and death to everyone she comes in contact with
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Bad luck follows man who shoots storkPersecution by bad luck. Wishing to escape it, the luckless couple build themselves a new home. Scarcely do they establish themselves in the new home, when bad luck addresses them from the hearth: "I have already waited for you here three days."Persecution by a god so that will of deity can be followedBad luck banished and freed. The poor man in some way banishes his bad luck and becomes prosperous. Out of envy his rich brother sets it free; it then follows himPerson pursued by misfortune. (Placidas, Eustacius.) His goods are destroyed, his wife carried off by a ship captain and his children by animalsMessengers announce successive misfortunesSafety in shadow of wall. After many misfortunes the man is apparently safe. The wall falls on himEscape from one misfortune into worseUnlucky classesTrain of troubles from lost horseshoe nail. Master tries to go on in spite of the lossTrain of troubles from sparrow's vengeance. A man runs over the dog, friend of the sparrow. Through the sparrow's vengeance the man loses his horse, his property, and finally his lifeWhether man begs all day or for an hour he gets only a small basket of grain

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