Noise warns of approaching death

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Noise warns of approaching death.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Lasting magic qualities. · Magic sight and hearing. · view the constellation · filed as D1827.1.3

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general Scotland, Wales, U.S.: *Baughman.

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Filed under Magic hearing of noises which portend death. (Cf. D1812.)

Filed beside it

Listening at church door on Halloween to hear the names of those to die in the coming year. (Cf. D1825.6.)Sounds heard before death; the sounds are later repeated in connection with the death or funeral Sounds heard from distance at time of death

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