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methuselah ([personal profile] singmod) wrote 2024-01-28 02:44 pm (UTC)

In terms of religion, I'd say a little below average in terms of devoutness. A good chunk of the community would attend Sunday services, but it's certainly dwindled over the years. Sure, people would attend religious ceremonies such as weddings, baptisms and funerals and most households would contain a family bible — but not everyone would be going to church on Sunday.

Superstition/folktales/beliefs were much more prominent in Milton — stemming from a mix of Northern American superstitions that settlers brought with them and those beliefs of people native to Northern Territories. Most of these superstitions, tales or songs were passed down orally, but there'd be such things as lucky horseshoes or lucky rabbit's feet, or trinkets/amulets found in homes.

In terms of books, some superstitions in regards to the weather or the wildlife may be mentioned in personal journals of the townsfolk — particularly those of elderly residents — such as feeling as if 'the souls of the animals are angered somehow' or that the changes to the Aurora may be as if 'the afterlife comes too close to the world'.

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