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POST DEATH BELIEF

IF A BABY BOY IS BORN WITH A TOOTH IN HIS MOUTH
A PERSON IS SELECTED TO WATCH HIM AFTER HE DIES
ON THE EVE OF HIS FUNERAL.
THIS IS BECAUSE ON THIS NIGHT THE BODY WILL SIT UP
IN THE COFFIN AND THIS SELECTED PERSON
MUST PUSH HIM BACK DOWN AGAIN SO THAT HE MAY REST IN PEACE.

Where learned: HOME

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BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue
BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 11-04-1969

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