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IF YOU ARE IN THE ROOM WITH SOMEONE WHO IS DYING, YOU
CAN USUALLY TELL WHAT KIND OF LIFE THE PERSON HAS LED.
A GOOD PERSON WILL START SMILING BECAUSE HE CAN SEE
THE LORD COMING FOR HIM. WHEN A BAD PERSON DIES, YOU
CAN FEEL THE HEAT OF THE DEVIL COMING TO CLAIM HIS
SOUL.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO BE A NURSE AND HAS WITNESSED
THIS MANY TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
