1216. In some localities the direction of the apparent ringing indicates the direction from which the news of death will come.
1217. If an empty rocking-chair is seen to sway back and forth when apparently unoccupied, it is supposed that the chair is held by the spirit of some deceased member of the family, who has come back to choose the next to go, and call that person quickly.
Michigan.
1218. A spot resembling iron-rust on the finger means death.
Maine.
1219. Beginning on Saturday a garment that cannot be finished means death.
Ohio.
1220. Deaths do not come singly; but if one of a family dies, a second death in the same family will occur within a year.
Cambridge, Mass.
1221. Whoever works on a sick person’s dress, he or she will die within the year.