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BURIAL BELIEF

IT IS BAD LUCK AND DISRESPECTFUL TO STEP ON SOMEONE'S GRAVE

Submitter comment: WHILE VISITING ENGLAND WE ENTERED MANY CHURCHES AND FOUND MANY
OF THEM HAD PEOPLE BURIED IN THE FLOOR. MY SISTER WAS APPALLED
AT THIS AND REFUSED TO WALK ON ANY OF THEM. SHE THOUGHT
THAT IT WAS BAD LUCK AND SHOWED LACK OF RESPECT FOR THE DEAD.

Where learned: ENGLAND

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Bad luck

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