Belief in Death

Article by Angel Lingzhibelle Jasmin

When one dreams that one of his molars were pulled out by some accident or whether it is broken it is a sign that one of his nearest relatives will die. Among children the moth is an omen. If when children are playing in the day time and a moth happens to fly near a child and hover around him, it is a sign that either his father or mother is dead, especially when they live in some other town. A story was told by my neighbor that when he and his child left his wife, the child’s mother was suffering from no pain. But when they were in the house of his brother whom they were visiting a moth alighted on the child’s hand. At 12 o’clock that day, they received a telegram announcing the death of his wife who fell from the window.

When one is passing near a house where someone is agonizing, he must enter the house even though he is a stranger. If he continues his way, a big dog will wrestle with him.

It is a common accident for children to be drowned in the river. When the parents do not know of the whereabouts of their child they can know whether the child is drowned. A candle is placed on a pot and allowed to fleet down with the current. If the place is reached where the children were drowned, the pot will encircle for three times. If the child lies in the bottom, the pot will circle three times and then stop there in spite of the current.

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