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COFFIN NAILS WRAPPED IN RED FLANNEL

Volume 4, entries 7952. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → DEATH AND BURIAL AND GRAVEYARD → COFFIN - DOLL BABY - BURIAL - BONES → COFFIN REAL OR MOCK. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 7952

Volume 4 · printed page 3390 · Fredericksburg, Va.

I've heard though of taking nails from a coffir and wrapping it in red flan- nel, and give it to a person either for luck or ill luck, whichever you Wanted them to have. They sell them from twenty-five cents to a dollar.

Related subjects: Coffin, Flannel, Luck, Misfortune, Nails, Wrap

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