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Fish and Fishing
Good luck omens: Putting a coin on a float. Throw back the first fish you catch then you’ll be lucky the whole day fishing. A fish should always be eaten from the head toward the tail. Bad luck omens: Changing rods during fishing. A woman stepping over your fishing rod. Changing a previously lucky float. Casting bait without spitting on it. Asking a fisherman how many bites he has had. Baiting a hook using your left hand. Placing a net in the water before a catch … Read entire article »
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Hiccups
Ukrainians believe that if you have the hiccups, someone is thinking of you. Cures: Take a straw from the broom break it in half burn each end and place it on the top of your head in the shape of a cross to cure the hiccups. … Read entire article »
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Ascension Day
According to the Christian calendar, Ascension Day represents the day Christ ascended to heaven and occurs on the Thursday following the fifth Sunday after Easter. Working on Ascension Day is bad luck and brings about accidents. Weather Omens: Sun on Ascension Day foretells a long hot summer. Rain on Ascension Day means cattle will suffer disease and crops will fail. On Ascension Day clouds form the image of a lamb. Eggs: Eggs laid on Ascension Day will never go bad. Eggs laid on Ascension Day and placed on the roof will bring good luck for the whole year. Gifts: If you make a gift to the blind or poor you will be blessed with great wealth during the year. Cures: Biting into the bark of a peach tree at midnight on Ascension Day cures goiter. Rain collected on Ascension Day … 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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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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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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Bell
The sound of bells drives away demons because they’re afraid of the loud noise. When a bell rings, a new angel has received his wings. A bell ringing for no reason is an ill omen, brings death and/or means a local crime has been committed. It could also mean you are in the presence of a saint. Two bells ringing in a house at the same time means someone will soon leave. A ringing bell scares away snakes and mice, causes flying witches to fall to the ground and eases childbirth. Drinking from an upturned bell cures children of stuttering. Church Bells: Ringing church bells during a storm will end bad weather. Grease from church bells can be used to cure ringworm. Ringing church bells drives evil spirits away. Death is coming if church bells ring heavily. Ringing church bells during harvest time … Read entire article »
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