The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

IF A NEAR RELATIVE IS LATE AT A FUNERAL, IT IS A SIGN
THAT THERE WILL SOON BE ANOTHER DEATH.

Submitter comment: BELIEVED BY THIS PERSON'S MOTHER, WHO WAS GENUINELY
WORRIED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A SECOND DEATH IN
THE FAMILY WHEN HER BROTHER WAS LATE TO HIS UNCLE'S
FUNERAL.

Where learned: OHIO ; LIMA

Date learned: 02-00-1968