The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

DEATH OMEN

IF YOU LOSE THE HEEL FROM YOUR SHOE, THERE WILL
BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.

Submitter comment: I WAS TOLD THIS EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
AND THE FUNNY THING ABOUT IT IS THAT UNTIL I WAS
OLD ENOUGH TO RATIONALIZE AND TO UNDERSTAND, I
BELIEVED IT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT