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POLISH SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOU GO TO A WAKE, YOU SHOULD TOUCH THE HAND OF THE
DECEASED TO PREVENT HIM FROM HAUNTING YOU IN YOUR DREAMS.
Submitter comment:
TOUCHING SOMEONE MAY ALSO BE A WAY OF BIDDING FAREWELL.
THUS, IF YOU BID THE DECEASED FAREWELL, HE WILL KNOW HE IS
NOT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THE INFORMANT BELIEVES AND
PRACTICES THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Subject headings: | 841 Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-10-1977