
The Victorian Obsession with Death and Superstition
30 Morbid Minutes
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The Importance of Holding Your Breath
To lock the door of your home after a funeral procession has left is bad luck. If you smell roses when none are around, someone will soon die. It is bad luck to meet a funeral procession head on and if this is unavoidable, hold on to a button until the funeral procession passes. And there are a lot of these in Victorian suspicions, which is like, if X and Y happen, then you will die.
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