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If you hit or slap your mother, your hand will stick up in
your coffin.

Submitter comment: Basically an old wives' tale, although I did hear my aunt tell
my cousin that her coffin would be shaped funny after she
jokingly hit her.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate
BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

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