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ALL SOUL'S NIGHT

ON THE STRIKING OF MIDNIGHT OF ALL SOULS NIGHT ONE SHOULD NEVER BE
IN FRONT OF A CHURCH. IF ONE IS IN FRONT OF CHURCH IT IS BELIEVED
THAT ALL THE SOULS OF RELATIVES THAT HAVE DIED DURING THAT YEAR WILL
BE SEEN.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER USED TO TELL HER THIS WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL
IN DETROIT, MI.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- November 2 All SoulsDay of the Dead
BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 03-28-1971

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