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DEATH BELIEF
PEOPLE DIE THREE AT A TIME.
Submitter comment:
BY THIS THE INFORMANT MEANS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
EACH OTHER DIE IN THREES OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. HE CITED
AN EXAMPLE - THREE OF HIS BOSSES DIED WITHIN A YEARS TIME.
INFORMANT SAID OTHER PEOPLE HAVE AGREED WITH HIS BELIEF.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-22-1970