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IT IS FATAL TO WALK OVER A FRESH GRAVE, AND BAD LUCK
TO WALK OVER ANY GRAVE.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER (1920S) WHO
ACTUALLY BELIEVED IT. INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE
IT, BUT USUALLY AVOIDS WALKING OVER GRAVES.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Bad luck

Date learned: 10-02-1971

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