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habit "A HABIT"- this was a long garb extending from the neck right down to the floor. People in St. John's years ago were buried in them. They were mostly brown and sometimes black. There was on the brest [sic] of them a bleeding "Sacred Heart"- sewed on. This was a Catholi...
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| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34456 |
| Summary: | habit "A HABIT"- this was a long garb extending from the neck right down to the floor. People in St. John's years ago were buried in them. They were mostly brown and sometimes black. There was on the brest [sic] of them a bleeding "Sacred Heart"- sewed on. This was a Catholic custom - no longer practised in St. John's. JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used |
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