The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

PREMONITION OF DEATH

IF A BIRD FLIES AGAINST A CLOSED WINDOW IT IS A SIGN THAT SOMEONE
IN YOUR FAMILY WILL DIE SOON.

Submitter comment: FIRST HEARD FROM A NEIGHBOR IN 1953 WHEN SHE RAN OVER, FRIGHTENED
BY A BIRD THAT HAD FLOWN AGAINST HER WINDOW. HER AUNT DIED TWO
DAYS LATER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT