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BELIEF IN ITALY

A HUSBAND SHOULD BE FROM YOUR OWN TOWN OR YOUR OWN
PEOPLE, BUT A BAPTISMAL SPONSOR (GODPARENTS) SHOULD
COME FROM OUTSIDE YOUR TOWN, OR ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING
IT, FROM STRANGE PEOPLE (MEANING NOT OF YOUR FAMILY
RATHER THAN NOT KNOWN BY YOU).

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage

Date learned: 10-26-1969

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