死し人びと担かつぎ

noun

carrying a casket; carrying something on one shoulder like a casket

Refers to the act of carrying a coffin or casket, or by extension, carrying any object in a group on one shoulder in a manner resembling a funeral procession, which is considered unlucky or ill-omened.

• 村むらでは今いまでも死し人びと担かつぎの風ふう習しゅうが残のこっている。

  The custom of carrying a casket still remains in the village.

• 大おおきな荷に物もつを死し人びと担かつぎで運はこぶのは縁えん起ぎが悪わるいと言いわれている。

  It is said that carrying a large load on one shoulder like a casket is unlucky.