The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

WHEN SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY DIES YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO
STOP THE CLOCK AND COVER ALL MIRRORS IN THE HOUSE
UNTIL AFTER THEY ARE BURIED.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT HAD NOT DONE THIS, SINCE SHE HAD BEEN
LIVING IN MICHIGAN, BUT IN JULY, 1971 WHEN SHE WENT
TO HER GRANDMOTHER'S FUNERAL IN GEORGIA, ALL OF HER
RELATIVES HAD STOPPED THEIR CLOCKS AND HAD COVERED
THEIR MIRRORS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

Date learned: 11-18-1971