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MY MOTHER SAID, HER MOTHER TOLD HER, THAT WHENEVER SHE THOUGHT SHE
HEARD SOMEONE KNOCKING AT THE DOOR AND THERE WAS NO ONE THERE, IT WAS
A SIGN OF SOMEONE DEAD COMING TO GET YOU. MY GRANDMOTHER SAID THE
YET" AND THE DEAD PERSON WILL RETURN TO HIS GRAVE.
James Callow comment: A LINE OF TEXT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN LOST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS SOUND
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-24-1972