It is unlucky to steal a plough, or take anything by stealth from a smith's
forge.
When yawning make the sign of the cross instantly over the mouth, or
the evil spirit will make a rush down and take up his abode within you.
Never give away water before breakfast, nor milk while churning is
going on.
A married woman should not walk upon graves, or her child will have a
club-foot. If by accident she treads on a grave she must instantly kneel
down, say a prayer, and make the sign of the cross on the sole of her shoe
three times over.
Never take aim infant in your arms, nor turn your head to look at it
without saying, "God bless it." This keeps away the fatal influence of the
Evil Eye.
If a bride steers a boat on the day of her marriage, the winds and the
waves have no power over it, be the tempest ever so fierce or the stream
ever so rapid.
Do not put out a light while people are at supper, or there will be one
less at the table before the year is out.
Never give any salt or fire while churning is going on. To upset the salt is
exceedingly unlucky and a bad omen; to avert evil gather up the salt and
fling it over the right shoulder into the fire, with the left hand.
If you want a person to win at cards, stick a crooked pin in his coat.
The seventh son of a seventh son has power over all diseases, and can
cure them by laying on of hands; and a son born after his father's death has
power over fevers.
There is one hour in every day when whatever you wish will be granted,
but no one knows what that hour is. It is all a chance if we come on it. There
is also one hour in the day when ghost seers can see spirits--but only one--at
no other time have they the power, yet they never know the hour, the
coming of it is a mystery.
In some parts of Ireland the people, it is said, on first seeing the new
moon, fall on their knees and address her in a loud voice with the prayer: "O
moon; leave us well as thou hast found us!"
It is unlucky to meet a cat, a dog, or a woman, when going out first in the
morning; but unlucky above all is it to meet a woman with red hair the first
thing in the morning when going on a journey, for her presence brings ill-
luck and certain evil.
It is unlucky to pass under a hempen rope; the person who does so will
die a violent death, or is fated to commit an evil act in after life, so it is
decreed.
The cuttings of your hair should not be thrown where birds can find
them; for they will take them to build their nests, and then you will have
headaches all the year after.
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