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1. To be born the 7th son of the 7th son

2. A cat jumping over corpse turns the corpse into a vamp (England); in Romania the same but the cure (antidote) is to put a piece of iron into the corpse's hand or place Hawthorn in the coffin

3. To be borne born with teeth or a caul or stillborn - is believed to be a Vampire

4. A dead body that has been reflected in a mirror - is believe to be a Vampire

5. To be bitten by a Vampire - will turn you into one

6. Those who do not receive proper burial - run the risk of returning as a vampire

7. People who have eaten the meat of a sheep that has been killed by a wolf

8. Having red hair (Greece only)

9. By renouncing the Eastern Orthodox religion (which is why the peasants may have thought Vlad Dracula was a vampire)

10. By being excommunicated by the Greek Orthodox church

11. Wild dogs jumping over a corpse (don't go dying in the bush)

12 Leaving any kind of knot in the coffin, in a tie or a rope, it was thought to prevent the corpse's decay and to disturb the dead person's ability to make the transition into another life.