Boxford, Mass.
1179. The hearing, in the wall, of the “death-watch,” or “death-tick,” betokens a death in the house.
General in the United States.
1180. A dish-cloth hung on a door-knob is a sign of death in a family.
Deerfield, Mass.
1181. To knock on a door and receive no answer is a sign of death.
Virginia and Englewood, Ill.
1182. The last name a dying person calls is that of the next to follow.
New Hampshire.
1183. Sometimes the dying call for an absent one, as if in trouble. This is a sign that that person will have some great trouble in after life.