The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

POLISH SUPERSTITION

"WHEN A STATIONARY OBJECT, LIKE A PICTURE ON THE WALL WOULD FALL DOWN
OR RATTLE, A CHAIR OR TABLE WOULD MOVE FOR WHAT SEEMED NO APPARENT
REASON, IT MEANS THAT A RELATIVE HAD JUST DIED OR IS DYING".

Submitter comment: INFORMANT WORKS WITH MY FATHER AT FORD MOTOR CO., DEARBORN, MICHIGAN
AND TOLD THIS POLISH SUPERSTITION.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

Date learned: 12-01-1971