The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

FALLING STAR

IF YOU SEE A FALLING STAR, THIS IS A SIGN THAT SOMEONE YOU KNOW
HAS DIED. EACH STAR REPRESENTS A PERSON ON EARTH. WHEN IT IS
FALLING, YOU KNOW THAT SOMEONE IS DYING.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG ABOUT 1895
BUT SHE DOES NOT REMEMBER WHO SHE LEARNED IT FROM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD

Date learned: 05-12-1965