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POLISH CUSTOM

IN A POLISH FUNERAL A PIECE OF BREAD IS ALWAYS PUT INTO
THE COFFIN FOR THE PERSON TO EAT ON HIS JOURNEY.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT STATED THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE CUSTOM FOR MANY
YEARS IN HER FAMILY AND IS ALWAYS OBSERVED.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 02-23-1971

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