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PURGATORY SUFFERING
THE PURPOSE OF WAILING AND CRYING AT FUNERALS IS THE
FACT THAT THE DECEASED WILL NOT SUFFER AS MUCH
IN PURGATORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
