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IF A DOG HOWLS IN THE NIGHT, IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT
SOMEONE HAS DIED.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT MADE PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE
CHARACTERISTIC OF HOWL WHEN TOLD THAT OTHER VARIANTS
HAD BEEN COLLECTED WHICH INCLUDED SUCH THINGS AS
CRYING, OR YELLING, ETC.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 03-31-1967

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