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YOU CAN'T SEW A GARMENT THAT IS ON YOUR BODY UNLESS YOU CHEW
SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU ARE ALIVE, SINCE THE ONLY TIME CLOTHES
SEWED ON YOUR BODY IS WHEN YOU ARE DEAD.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): FUNERAL PREPARATION

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BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Daily Life
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 04-22-1969

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