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This first chapter describes all those superstitious omens that have traditionally been deemed to indicate that death is nigh.
At times, how the person looked after they died was taken to be a premonition of future deaths.
The most significant one in this regard is that the corpse had its eyes open. It used to be said that this was a sign that someone else would soon die (Lecároz-N)<ref>Azkue, Resurrección M.ª de AZKUE. ''Euskalerriaren Yakintza, '', I, op. cit.Madrid, 1935, p. 217.</ref>, who could well be a member of the deceased’s family.. This explains the concern about trying to close them as quickly as possible (Bermeo, Kortezubi-B).
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