The string will turn into a spider, and the spider is the zombi. As you enter the room it will rise from it's chair and bow. But speak harshly as you give your orders, and beat it to make it afraid, or it will do you harm. Cajanus indicus, Leguminosae. Vulnerary, pulmonary, for jaundice, colic, sprains, and bruises, itchings, smallpox, coughs, madness.
People unfold their hands when dying.
Besides this, the feathers of certain birds are harmful and disturb the dying and there is a chance that some of these may be in the pillow. Coins are places on the eyes to keep them closed. It was a custom often to receive into ones own mouth the last breath of the dying. Some people cover the looking glasses in a room where a dead person lies. Sometimes all the water in a house is emptied from pitchers, buckets, and such.