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BELIEF
AFTER YOU CROSS YOURSELF, YOU SHOULD THROW HOLY WATER OVER YOUR LEFT
SHOULDER. THIS WAS TO RELIEVE THE BURNING ON THE SOULS IN PURGATORY.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN ITALIAN CUSTOM.
Where learned: OHIO ; MOGADORE
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Supernatural Being BELIEF -- Church SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-00-1976