1216. In some localities the direction of the apparent ringing indicates the direction from which the news of death will come. 1217. If an empty rocking-chair is seen to sway back and forth when apparently unoccupied, it is supposed that the chair is held by the spirit of some deceased member of the family, who has come back to choose the next to go, and call that person quickly. _Michigan._ 1218. A spot resembling iron-rust on the finger means death. _Maine._ 1219. Beginning on Saturday a garment that cannot be finished means death. _Ohio._ 1220. Deaths do not come singly; but if one of a family dies, a second death in the same family will occur within a year. _Cambridge, Mass._ 1221. Whoever works on a sick person's dress, he or she will die within the year. _Massachusetts._ 1222. If some one is sick and a storm comes, it is a sign he will die during its continuance. _Virginia._ 1223. When a woman who has been sewing puts her thimble on the table as she sits down to eat, it is a sign that she will be left a widow if she marries. _Central Maine._ 1224. If one sings at a table while the family are eating, it means the death of a friend. _Webster City, Iowa._ Or bad luck (_Virginia_); disappointment (_New Jersey_). 1225. If three drops of blood fall from your nose, one of your family is dead. _Labrador._ 1226. If you sneeze on Sunday morning before breakfast, you will hear of the death of some person you know before the next Saturday night. _Northern Vermont._ 1227. If you sneeze at table with the mouth full, an acquaintance will die soon. _Virginia and Alabama._ 1228. When sowing grain, if a strip of land is missed there will be a death inside of a year. _Ohio and Maryland._ 1229. When you shiver, it means that some one is walking over the place where your grave is to be. _General in the United States._ 1230. If sparks are left (unintentionally) in the ashes over night, it is a sign of death. _Cumberland, Md._ 1231. If sparks of fire fly out of an opened stove door, it is a sign of death. _Trinity Bay, N.F._ 1232. If any one in the town lies dead over Sunday, there will be another death before the end of the week. _Bedford, Mass._ 1233. Three horses of the same color indicate death, but this sign is not very noticeable in a thickly settled community. _Baldwinsville, N.Y._ 1234. Three chairs placed accidentally in a row mean death. _Ohio._ 1235. If there is a death there will be three deaths in the family within a short time. _New York._ 1236. To break the spell of thirteen at table, all should rise together, otherwise the first up (or, as some say, the last down) dies inside a twelvemonth. _New England._