Beliefs Concerning Birth
Article by Jake
1. The soul or spirit of the dead cares beek to the family in the third night of his death to visit the bereaved
2. If the body of the dead is soft (for as is often the case, the body of the dead is stiff,) some one in the family is believed to follow not long afterwards.
3. If the dead is a lady, a gentleman will follow and vice-varsa this is in the vicinity not in the family.
4. In the night (especially from 10-12, and dark) when one happens to pasa by a house, in his walk, in which somebody is dying and continues on his way without paying attention to what he notices, it is believed that some form of extraordinary size as a cat, dog, pig or a coffin will stop him on his way and make him change his mind.
5. Nobody is allowed to sweep with the "walls" or broom when the dead is at state, because it is believed that the rest of the family will follow one by one in a short space of time.
6. When one seen a black butterfly, it is a sign that a relative who is away is dead.
7. When one dreams that all his teeth fell, one of his relatives is dead.