Known as Ankou (Breton), Ankow (Cornish) or Angau (Welsh), a Celtic personification of death makes an appearance upon the first death of the year.

In folk tales he looks like a thin farmer, hauling a cart and with a large hat or hood that obscures his face, sometimes aided by two helpers, all dressed in black.
Nothing can stop the cart, which is often either empty or full of the dead, yet some say that on the cart there is also a musical band that plays a macabre song.
When the cart stops or when its squeaking, rusted wheels are heard passing.. the death of a relative or an acquaintance is near.