The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

SLEEPIN' IN THE SOUTH

THE JAPANESE BURY THEIR DEAD FACING NORTH. BECAUSE
OF THIS, THEY WILL NOT PUT THE HEAD OF THEIR BEDS
IN THAT DIRECTION. YOU SEE, THEY DO NOT WANT TO
SLEEP THE WAY THEY WILL LIE WHEN THEY ARE DEAD.

Submitter comment: MRS. DOI, WHO IS JAPANESE, INHERITED THIS BELIEF
FROM HER ANCESTORS, AND ADHERES TO ITS DICTATES.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 07-03-1964