arpenter's shop,
it indicates that the carpenter will soon have to make a coffin.
_Cape Breton._

1172. If a coffin creaks in a carpenter's shop, another order soon
follows.
_Newark, N.J., and Virginia._

1173. If the coffin does not settle down smoothly into place in the
grave, but has to be raised and lowered again, another in the family will
die inside a year.
_Stevens Point, Wis._

1174. Change a sick person from one room to another, and he will die.
_New Jersey._

1175. If a clock, long motionless, suddenly begins to tick or strike, it
is a sign of approaching death or misfortune.
_Newark, N.J., Virginia, and North Carolina._

1176. If a corpse remains soft and supple after death, another death in
the family will follow.
_Trinity Bay, N.F., and Prince Edward Island._

1177. A cow mooing after midnight means death.

1178. To dance on the ground indicates disaster, or death within a year.
_Boxford, Mass._

1179. The hearing, in the wall, of the "death-watch," or "death-tick,"
betokens a death in the house.
_General in the United States._

1180. A dish-cloth hung on a door-knob is a sign of death in a family.
_Deerfield, Mass._

1181. To knock on a door and receive no answer is a sign of death.
_Virginia and Englewood, Ill._

1182. The last name a dying person calls is that of the next to follow.
_New Hampshire._

1183. Sometimes the dying call for an absent one, as if in trouble. This
is a sign that that person will have some great trouble in after life.
_New York._

1184. Death takes place at ebb tide.
_New England Coast._

1185. The person on whom the eyes of a dying person last rest will be the
first to die.
_Boston, Mass._

1186. It is a sign of death to see a flower blossoming out of season, as,
for example, a rose in the fall. This has proved a true omen in several
cases, according to the experience of a lady who believes in these signs.
In consequence of this belief, when she has such a a flower, she will
pick it off the stem and throw it away, without mentioning the incident
to any one.
_Niagara Falls, Ont._

1187. It is a sign of death to see a tree blossoming in the fall.
_Orange Co., Va._

1188. If a garment is cut out on Friday, the person for whom it is made
will not live unless it is finished on the same day.