To find out how long you will live, blow the seeds off the head of a dandelion. You will live as many years as there are seeds left on the head.

Make a wish and blow the seeds off the head of a dandelion. If they all fly away with the breath from just one blow, your wish will come true.

Dandelion root tea will promote psychic powers. This same tea, steaming and placed beside the bed, will call spirits.

To send a message to a loved one, blow a dandelion seed head in his or her direction and visualize your message.

• If you have the same dream three times in a row, its bound to come true.
• To dream of falling indicates a loss of emotional equilibrium or self-control. It may represent your insecurity, a lack of self-confidence, a fear of failure or an inability to cope with a situation. If you fall a long distance in your dream and get hurt, be prepared for really hard times ahead; but if you fall and are not injured your upsets will be minor and temporary.
• Dreaming of clear water is a sign of great good luck and prosperity, a dream of muddy water foretells sadness or sorry for the dreamer through hearing of an illness or death of someone he/she knows well. Dirty water warns of unscrupulous people who would bring you to ruin.
• If you sleep with rose petals under your pillow, you will dream of the one you will marry.
• Dandelion root tea will promote psychic powers. This same tea, steaming and placed beside the bed, will call spirits.

There were three Mondays in the year when new ventures should never be started and these were the first Monday in April (traditionally the anniversary of Cain’s murder of Abel), the second Monday in August and the last Monday in December. These latter dates can be linked to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the birthday of Judas Iscariot. The Christian Church attempted to eradicate the idea of evil days by dedicating each day of the year to one or more saints but up until the nineteenth century superstitions regarding these Mondays as being ‘evil’ continued.

Reference: Medieval England and Superstitions

• If you have a dress with rings for a figure in it, it is a sign you will be married before it is worn out. New York.
• If you have hearts in a figure in a dress or in a shawl, you will be married before it is worn out. New York.
• If you have a new dress and there are roses in it, the person who owns the dress will be married before the dress is worn out. Salem, Mass.
• Pins in the front of a dress waist are a sign that the wearer will be an old maid. New Hampshire.
• If, in making a dress, the thread kinks badly, the person for whom it is made will either die or get married before the dress is worn out. Alabama.
• If you have a dress tried on, and any pin catches in the underclothing, every pin means that it is a year before you will be married; hence dressmakers are especially careful to pin the dress in such a way that it will slip off easily. Boston, Mass.

Cures:

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.

• 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 in a fire, means a friend is near.
• It’s bad luck if a black dog crosses in front of you.
• It’s good luck to see a white dog before noon.
• It’s good luck to see three white dogs together.
• Regarding business, if a black and white dog crosses your path while you are on your way to a meeting, you’ll have good luck in your dealings.

Weather omens:

• If a dog retreats under a table or into a corner, bad weather is coming.
• Dogs eat grass and scratch for long periods of time when rain is coming.

Cures:

• Melted dog fat alleviates rheumatism.
• Wearing a dried dog’s tongue aroudn the neck cures scrofula
• A dog’s lick can cure sores on skin.

Death Omens:

• A dog howling at an open door for no reason.
• A dog howling outside at night.
• A dog howling once and then falling silent.
• A dog howling three times and then falling silent.
• A dog howling persistently in front of a house where someone lies ill.
• A dog digging a hole in your garden.
• A dog sleeping with it’s paws curled up and tail outstretched.