Note 135.1 — Chapter IV · Notes
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Mrs. Leslie Milne, Shans at Home (London, 1910), p. 96. The custom of carrying the dead out of the house by a special opening, which is then blocked up to prevent the return of the ghost, has been observed by many peoples in many parts of the world. For examples see The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, i. 452 sqq.