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.