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If you hit or slap your mother, your hand will stick up in
your coffin.
Submitter comment:
Basically an old wives' tale, although I did hear my aunt tell
my cousin that her coffin would be shaped funny after she
jokingly hit her.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
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