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POLISH SUPERSTITION
NEVER RAISE YOUR HAND TO YOUR MOTHER, FOR IF YOU DO,
THEN WHEN YOU DIE NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO SHUT THE
COFFIN TO BURY YOU; YOUR HAND WILL BE FROZEN UP IN
THAT SAME POSITION.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A YOUNG GIRL IN A POLISH NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; YONKERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-26-1963