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WHEN A WOMAN IS SEPARATED, DIVORCED OR ESTRANGED FROM HER HUSBAND
AND HE DIES, SHE TAKES A RIBBON OFF OF THE FLOWERS ON THE FACE
OF THE COFFIN, AND HANGS IT ON HER DOOR, TO WARD OFF HER
HUSBAND HAUNTING HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-00-1970