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AFTER A FUNERAL PLACE A PAN OF WATER OUTSIDE AND WASH
YOUR HANDS TO SYMBOLIZE THAT YOU WON'T MOURN FOR THE
DEAD ANYMORE.
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MADISON HEIGHTS
Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-01-1967