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LEBANESE CUSTOM
AFTER PAYING RESPECT TO A PERSON WHO HAS DIED, BY GOING
TO A FUNERAL PARLOR, ONE SHOULD NEVER RETURN HOME
WITHOUT VISITING A PUBLIC PLACE FIRST. THIS IS
SO THE CURSE OF DEATH DOES NOT FOLLOW YOU HOME. INSTEAD,
YOU CONFUSE IT BY GOING TO A PUBLIC PLACE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DID THIS WHILE DATING A LEBANESE GIRL WHO
BELIEVED THIS IN 1970.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-28-1971 ; 00-00-1970