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IN BRAZIL, DOGS ARE ALLOWED TO ROAM THROUGH CHURCHES
WITHOUT BEING BOTHERED EVEN WHILE MASS IS PERFORMED.
THIS IS BECAUSE IN A GOSPEL STORY, A DOG LICKED THE
SORES OF THE LEPER, LAZARUS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS ANNOYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN