In some parts of China, if a man full to pay his debts his creditors carry away one of his doors. It is thought that thi* permits evil spirits to enter. ■; The Christian custom of tolling church' bells for the* dead had a heathen origin. Bells were-rung at burial* long *goi3 gfrighten away the evil spirits.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 107, 2 November 1926, Page 3
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