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ALL SOUL'S NIGHT
ON THE STRIKING OF MIDNIGHT OF ALL SOULS NIGHT ONE SHOULD NEVER BE
IN FRONT OF A CHURCH. IF ONE IS IN FRONT OF CHURCH IT IS BELIEVED
THAT ALL THE SOULS OF RELATIVES THAT HAVE DIED DURING THAT YEAR WILL
BE SEEN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER USED TO TELL HER THIS WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL
IN DETROIT, MI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- November 2 All SoulsDay of the Dead BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-28-1971