water was regarded as the best protection against ghosts. Holy Water was superior to all other forms, water in which the priests had washed their feet. both fire and water were believed to constitute impossible barriers for ghosts. the Romans carried water three times around the corpse; in the twentieth century the body is sprinkled with holy water, and hand washing at the cemetery is still a Jewish ritual. Baptism was a feature of the water ritual; primitive bathing was a religious ceremony. only in recent times has bathing been a sanitary practice.
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