Part 43 (1/2)
1191. If a hea.r.s.e is drawn by two white horses, death in the neighborhood will occur within a month.
_Central Maine._
1192. If anyone comes to a funeral after the procession starts, another death will occur in the same house.
_Ohio._
1193. At a funeral the first person who turns away from the grave will have the next death in his family.
_Trinity Bay, N.F._
1194. If one goes to a funeral with the intention of following to the grave but does not do so, a death soon follows in his family.
_Virginia._
1195. If it rains during a burial, another member of the family will soon follow.
_Poland, Me., Baldwinsville, N.Y., Ohio, and Alabama._
1196. If rain falls into an open grave, another burial in the same cemetery will occur within three days.
_Western New York._
1197. If you meet a funeral train, it is a sign of death.
_Prince Edward Island._
1198. Do not let any one wear your hat to a funeral when you've not worn it before yourself.
_Ma.s.sachusetts._
1199. Whoever counts the carriages at a pa.s.sing funeral will die within the year.
_Peabody, Ma.s.s., and Hennepin, Ill._
Or, some one will die.
1200. If shot remain in the gun after firing, some one of your family will die.
_Labrador._
1201. If you build on to your house, you will die within the year.
_Labrador._
1202. Lie down on a table and you will die before the year is out.
_Mattawamkeag, Me._
1203. To hold a lamp over a sleeping person causes death.
_Ma.s.sachusetts._
1204. To break a looking-gla.s.s is a sign of death in the family before the year closes.
_General in the United States._
1205. To break a looking-gla.s.s is a sign of death, or of bad luck or[TN-11] seven years. This is quite a general belief. Domestic servants, and particularly superst.i.tious persons, are often thrown into a panic by accidents of this sort.
_General in the United States and Canada._
1206. If three persons look into a mirror at the same time, one will die within the year.
_Peabody, Ma.s.s., and New Hamps.h.i.+re._
1207. If one try on mourning when not wearing it, he will have occasion to wear it soon.