Superstitions about Death

Superstitions about Death

BIRD

- A bird in the house is a sign of a death.

- If a robin flies into a room through a window, death will shortly follow.

CANDLE

- Light candles on the night after November 1. One for each deceased relative should be placed in the window in the room where death occurred.

CEMETERY

- You must hold your breath while going past a cemetery or you will breathe in the spirit of someone who has recently died.

CLOCK

- If a clock which has not been working suddenly chimes, there will be a death in the family.

- You will have bad luck if you do not stop the clock in the room where someone dies.

CORPSE

- If a woman is buried in black, she will return to haunt the family.

- If a dead person's eyes are left open, he'll find someone to take with him.

- Mirrors in a house with a corpse should be covered or the person who sees himself will die next.

DOG

- Dogs howling in the dark of night, Howl for death before daylight.

DREAMS

- If you dream of death it's a sign of a birth, if you dream of birth, it's a sign of death.

- If you touch a loved one who has died, you won't have dreams about them

DYING

- A person who dies on Good Friday will go right to heaven.

- A person who dies at midnight on Christmas Eve will go straight to heaven because the gates of heaven are open at that time.

- All windows should be opened at the moment of death so that the soul can leave.

- The soul of a dying person can't escape the body and go to heaven if any locks are locked in the house.

EYE

- If the left eye twitches there will soon be a death in the family.

- If a dead person's eyes are left open, find someone to take with him.

FUNERAL

- Funerals on Friday portend another death in the family during the year.

- It's bad luck to count the cars in a funeral cortege.

- It's bad luck to meet a funeral procession head on.

- Thunder following a funeral means that the dead person's soul has reached heaven.

- Nothing new should be worn to a funeral, especially new shoes.

- Pointing at a funeral procession will cause you to die within the month

- Pregnant women should not attend funerals.

GRAVE

- If the person buried lived a good life, flowers will grow on the grave. If the person was evil, weeds will grow.

MIRROR

- If a mirror in the house falls and breaks by itself, someone in the house will die soon.

MOTH

- A white moth inside the house or trying to enter the house means death.

PHOTOGRAPH

- If 3 people are photographed together, the one in the middle will die first.

THIRTEEN

- If 13 people sit down at a table to eat, one of them will die before the year is over.

UMBRELLA

- Dropping an umbrella on the floor means that there will be a murder in the house.