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Anyhoo, my Gogo, great gran, 95 thereabouts was telling me of a clan that didn't allow families to keep twins. One child had to be killed because it was taboo. She also said that same clan would sacrifice the 1st child if a girl, to their "ancestors" so they would have a boy next
I've decided to ask for her consent to record her talking next time &write a book. She's had an interesting life. I will of course try to research &verify some things. She once told me that her husband made coffins, & the one time they kept one under their bed, he died #mashura
That I believe ties into the whole belief that we used to have that one should not prepare for death. Remember how scared people used to be about buying funeral policies with a "coffin" as part of the package. Or even pre-buying burial space. For our older generation it was scary
