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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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Aircraft, Airplanes and Flying

Aircraft, Airplanes and Flying

Before flying: Touching wood is good luck as long as you touch a living tree and not something made from “dead” wood such as a chair, table or desk. It’s unlucky to use the words “crash” or “prank”. During flight: It’s unlucky to carry real flowers on board. Keep mean spirits calm by neatly crossing the seatbelts in vacant seats. On landing: Keep your good luck going by offering a personal sacrifice – empty your pockets on the ground after … Read entire article »

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