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BELIEF

A WOMAN BORN WITH A V-SHAPED HAIR-LINE WILL BE A YOUNG
WIDOW, IF SHE MARRIES AND WILL ALSO REMARRY SOON AFTER.

Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER

Where learned: HOME

Keyword(s): WIDOW'S PEAK

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Sign Color

Date learned: 11-05-1967

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GHOST PROTECTION

WHEN A WOMAN IS SEPARATED, DIVORCED, OR ESTRANGED FROM HER HUSBAND
AND HE DIES, SHE TAKES A RIBBON OFF OF THE FLOWERS ON THE COFFIN AND
HANGS IT ON HER DOOR TO WARD OFF HER HUSBAND HAUNTING HER.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Jowske, Janet

Keyword(s): DEATH ; Funeral ; Haunting ; HUSBAND ; SPIRIT ; Widow

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 03-00-1970

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