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SLOVAK FUNERAL BELIEF

NEVER BURY ANYONE UNTIL AT LEAST THREE DAYS AFTER DEATH, BECAUSE
IT TAKES THE SOUL THAT LONG TO REACH HEAVEN.

Submitter comment: JOHN MIHAL
LEARNED THIS ITEM FROM HIS FATHER'S PARENTS WHO WERE
SLOVAK IMMIGRANTS. THEY NOW LIVE IN ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 10-15-1975

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