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Someone stepped on your grave

Posted by Julie Butler on January 03, 2009 at 09:18

The old saying "someone stepped on your grave" after shivering. This came from an outbreak of small pox in 1804. People knew that shivering meant you were going to be ill/contracting small pox soon, and then stepping into your grave. Many poems were written in 1804 regarding this topic.

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