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_Southern Indiana._ 1189. If you begin a quilt on Friday, you will never live to finish it. _Maine._ An act of this sort gave great distress to a domestic servant, who, until after the completion of the quilt, daily expected disaster. This woman came from French Canada. 1190. If a doctor is called on Friday, the patient will surely die. _Cambridge, Mass._ 1191. If a hearse 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. _Massachusetts._ 1199. Whoever counts the carriages at a passing funeral will die within the year. _Peabody, Mass., 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. _Massachusetts._ 1204. To break a looking-glass is a sign of death in the family before the year closes. _General in the United States._ 1205. To break a looking-glass is a sign of death, or of bad luck or[TN-11] seven years. This is quite a general belief. Domestic servants, and particularly superstitious 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
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