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BURIAL CUSTOM
TI WAS A TRADITIONAL BURIAL CUSTOM THAT AS THE CASKET WAS BEING
LOWERED, PETALS OF FLOWERS WERE THROWN ON TOP OF THE CASKET.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT EXPERIENCED THIS WHEN HER GRANDMOTHER WAS BURIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-25-1972