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Woodpecker
Expect a visitor if you hear a woodpecker picking on a tree in your neighborhood. … Read entire article »
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Ashes
See also FIRE In the home: Scattering ashes over the roof of a house protects it against thunder and lightning. Sweeping out ashes on Christmas is bad luck. Sweeping out ashes on a Friday is bad luck. Sweeping out ashes after four in the afternoon is bad luck. Crops: Spreading ashes on crops at Midsummer brings a good harvest. Scattering human ashes to the wind helps crops. Livestock: Mixing ashes into the food of livestock makes animals strong and healthy. Divination Smooth out the ashes of the hearth on New Year’s Eve and in the morning look for shapes found there. Image: Footprints leading toward the door = death in the family Image: Footprints leading away from the door = a birth Image: A ring = a wedding Image: A coffin = a death … Read entire article »
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Arrows
Wearing an arrowhead protects against the evil eye. Cattle suddenly coming down with illness have been “elf-shot” or pierced by fairy’s arrows. Drinking water into which a flint arrowhead has been dipped cures female ailments. … Read entire article »
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Frogs
A frog coming into the house is lucky – some say good luck, some say bad luck. Finding a frog outside is lucky. Touching a frog makes you infertile. Carrying the bones of a frog that has been ritually killed gives you magic abilities. Putting a frog tongue on a person while they sleep will make them reveal their secrets to you. Cures: Put a live frog in the patient’s mouth to cure thrush with the frog’s breath. Wear the body of a dried frog or powered frog livers around your neck in a silk bag to avoid epilepsy. Swallow live young frogs to cure weakness, consumption and cancer. Rub a live frog on warts and impale the frog on a tree to die to make warts go away. To cure whooping cough, eat frog soup. To treat eye problems a … Read entire article »
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Elephants
It’s good luck to see an elephant. Elephant hair bracelets are good luck. Ornaments or pictures of an elephant with it’s trunk raised will bring luck but only if placed to face a door to prevent damage to the house if they come to life. … Read entire article »
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Donkeys
It’s good luck to see a donkey. When a pregnant woman sees a donkey, her child will grow up well behaved and wise. It’s good luck to find a dead donkey. (?!) A donkey that won’t stop braying and twitching it’s ears is an omen that rain is on the way. Cures: A child sitting on the back of a donkey that circles nine times will be cured of whooping cough. Hairs from a donkey’s back cure fits, convulsions, toothache, and teething trouble in babies. The right hoof of a donkey protects against epilepsy. Passing a patient under a donkey’s belly and over its back cures whooping cough and ague. Feeding a donkey the hairs from a patient cures the patient of scarlet fever. … Read entire article »
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Dolphins
If a dolphin changes color, death is near. Weather Omens: Dolphins playing in fine weather or near the shore means the weather will turn windy. Dolphins playing in the turbulent sea, or swimming to the north, means fine weather is coming. Dolphins swimming to the south means poor weather is coming. … Read entire article »
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Dogs
It’s bad luck to meet a barking dog early in the morning. It’s good luck to meet a Dalmation or a Greyhound with a white spot. Black poodles appear on the graves of clergymen who have broken their vows. It’s good luck for a strange dog to follow you home. When a strange dog enters your house it’s a symbol of a new friendship. In baseball, It’s bad luck for the batting team if a dog walks across the playing field. Running: A dog running between a dating couple means they will fight and not marry. A dog running between a woman’s legs means her father or husband will punish her for something. Colored dogs: It’s good luck for a black dog to follow you home. If you dream of a black dog, or to see an image of a black dog … Read entire article »
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