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THERE IS A BELIEF IN SOME COASTAL TOWNS THAT A SICK PERSON
CANNOT DIE UNTIL THE TIDE BEGINS TO EBB OR GO OUT.
ONLY WHEN THE TIDES EBB DO SOULS PUT OUT TO SEA.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |