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DON'T EVER COUNT THE CARS OF A FUNERAL PROCESSION FOR
THE NUMBER OF CARS YOU COUNT WILL BE HOW MANY YEARS
YOU HAVE LEFT TO LIVE.

Submitter comment: MY GIRLFRIEND ONCE TOLD ME THIS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs

Date learned: 10-10-1967

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