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WRITING A LETTER TO A DEAD PERSON YOU KNOW AND PUTTING THE LETTER
UNDER YOUR PILLOW. THE PERSON'S SOUL IS SUPPOSED TO COME TO
YOU AND WALK.

Submitter comment: THIS BECAME WELL KNOWN IN MY FAMILY AROUND 1960.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10428 CURTIS ; 48221

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

Date learned: 09-11-1977

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