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JAMAICAN CEMETERY BELIEF

YOU MUST NEVER POINT AT A GRAVEYARD OR YOUR FINGER WILL FALL OFF.

Submitter comment: DONALD LEE LEARNED THIS ITEM IN BUFF BAY, JAMAICA.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness
SPEECH -- Gesture

Date learned: 10-31-1975

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