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DEATH CUSTOMS
ORIENTAL CUSTOMS OF NOT CRYING AT A DEATH, MEANS THAT THEY FEEL
THAT THE TEARS KEEP THE SOUL IN THE BODY.
Submitter comment:
I FEEL THAT THIS IS NOT TRUE, BECAUSE PEORLE WHO DO NOT CRY MANY
TIMES ARE WORSE OFF THAN THOSE WHO DO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1979