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THE CEMETERY THAT MOVED
THIS INFORMANT'S GRANDFATHER TELLS OF THE LOCAL CEMETERY
THAT MOVED FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. THE CEMETERY HAD
TO PASS OVER A RIVER, AND IT DROPPED THREE STONES
INTO THE RIVER, IN HONOR OF THE TRINITY. ANYONE BURIED
IN THE NEWLY MOVED CEMETERY IS SURE TO REST IN PEACE,
SINCE A PROPHECY HAS IT THAT THE CEMETERY HAS FOUND ITS
HOME AT LAST!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
Date learned: 11-00-1970