DRIVING OFF BAD GHOSTS. — At important funerals in China a procession like that seen above always passes through the streets in front of the funeral in order to drive away all bad ghosts. The drake has to swallow all ghosts which it is believed would otherwise glide into the coffin.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1935, Page 7 (Supplement)
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50DRIVING OFF BAD GHOSTS.—At important funerals in China a procession like that seen above always passes through the streets in front of the funeral in order to drive away all bad ghosts. The drake has to swallow all ghosts which it is believed would otherwise glide into the coffin. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1935, Page 7 (Supplement)
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