Whirling an empty chair indicates that a whipping is in store for the transgressor.
Superstition #1280
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 1280.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

Whirling an empty chair indicates that a whipping is in store for the transgressor.
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 1280.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.