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raft 2 v An interesting story . . . is that a dying person who was 'rafted' by any member of the family (or otherwise) would be sure to live for an extra nine days. This was regarded by the old people as something evil. _Note_ The word 'rafted' here means disturbed; for example i...
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| Summary: | raft 2 v An interesting story . . . is that a dying person who was 'rafted' by any member of the family (or otherwise) would be sure to live for an extra nine days. This was regarded by the old people as something evil. _Note_ The word 'rafted' here means disturbed; for example if a dying person was transferred from one bed to another, or taken out of bed for any reason. DNE-cit G. M. Story JUL 1973 JH JUL 1973 Used I Used I Used I Only a portion of the cited quotation is used in the dictionary; the citation in the dictionary starts at "a" in the first line and runs to the period in the third line; it then starts again at "for example" in the first line of the part under "Note". |
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