_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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