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ITALIAN SUPERTITION

NEVER PLACE THE FOOT OF YOUR BED FACING THE FRONT DOOR
OF YOUR HOUSE, OR YOU MAY WAKE UP DEAD. (WHEN FUNERALS
USED TO BE HELD IN THE HOME, THE COFFIN WAS ALWAYS
PLACED THAT WAY.)

Submitter comment: LEARNED WHILE TRAVELLING IN ITALY, 1960.

Where learned: NEW YORK ; JAMAICA

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 12-24-1963 ; 00-00-1960

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