I've found some
interesting customs and superstitions that people used to believe, concerning
death.
It is bad luck to meet a funeral procession head on.
If you see one approaching, turn around. If this is unavoidable, hold on to a
button until the funeral cortege passes.
Aa clap of thunder is heard following a burial means
that the soul of the departed has reached heaven.
Do not hold your breath while going by a graveyard so
you will not be buried.
The person who died was good in life; flowers would
bloom on his grave. If he or she done evil while alive, only weeds would grow.
The odor of roses when no one is around indicates that
someone will die. Seeing yourself in a dream means that your death will follow.
If a sparrow lands on a piano, someone in the home
will die.
A picture falling off a wall means that there will be
a death of someone you know.
A single snowdrop growing in the garden foretells
death. .
Clocks were stopped at the hour of the death and another reason, otherwise, the living had bad
luck.
Covering mirrors where the dead was laid out supposedly
prevented the disembodied spirit from seeing their own reflection and never
finding rest. Other reasons because so the soul of the departed wouldn’t get
caught behind the glass and be unable to pass to the other side. One final
belief claimed if the living saw their own reflection in a mirror while a body
lay in the parlor, they would die soon after.
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