1197. If you meet a funeral train, it is a sign of death. _Prince Edward Island._
1198. Do not let any one wear your hat to a funeral when you've not worn it before yourself. _Massachusetts._
1199. Whoever counts the carriages at a passing funeral will die within the year. _Peabody, Mass., and Hennepin, Ill._
1200. If shot remain in the gun after firing, some one of your family will die. _Labrador._
1201. If you build on to your house, you will die within the year. _Labrador._
1202. Lie down on a table and you will die before the year is out. _Mattawamkeag, Me._
1203. To hold a lamp over a sleeping person causes death. _Massachusetts._
1204. To break a looking-glass is a sign of death in the family before the year closes. _General in the United States._
1205. To break a looking-glass is a sign of death, or of bad luck or[TN-11] seven years. This is quite a general belief. Domestic servants, and particularly superstitious persons, are often thrown into a panic by accidents of this sort. _General in the United States and Canada._
1206. If three persons look into a mirror at the same time, one will die within the year. _Peabody, Mass., and New Hampshire._
1207. If one try on mourning when not wearing it, he will have occasion to wear it soon. _Pennsylvania._
1208. To put on a bonnet or hat of one in mourning is a sign that you will wear one before the year is out. _Peabody and Boston, Mass., and Niagara Falls, Ont._
1209. To drive a nail on Sunday is a sign that some one in the family will die within the year. _Pigeon Cove, Mass._
1210. Hearing an imaginary rap and opening an outside door lets death in. _Ferrisburgh, Vt._
1211. The hearing of three raps is a sign that some member of the family is dead. _Boston, Mass., and Orange Co., Va._
1212. If members of a family, after long separation, meet for reunion, some one of the members will die within the year. _Cambridge, Mass._
1213. Ringing in the ears is a sign of death. _General._
1214. Ringing in the ears means death before the week ends. Of this ringing the term "death-bell" is used. It may be said by a country woman: "Oh! I have heard a death-bell!" or, "What a death-bell in my ear! You will hear of a death before the week is out." In case of a sudden death, such a person might say: "I am not surprised; I heard a death-bell on such a day." _Northern Ohio._