Ghost light indicates route funeral will take. (Cf. D1825.7.1.)

Motif

Ghost light indicates route funeral will take. (Cf. D1825.7.1.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Ghosts of objects. · view the constellation · filed as E530.1.7

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

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

Within the index

Filed under Ghost-like lights.

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Ghost light follows ghost Ball of fire haunts murderer Ghost light haunts burial spot Ghost light on farm indicates that occupants will move shortly Ghost light indicates impending calamity Ghost light serves as death omen. (Cf. D1812.5.)

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Person sees phantom funeral procession some time before the actual procession takes place

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