Domestic folk-loreThiselton-Dyer, T. F. (Thomas Firminger)
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Domestic folk-lore
Thiselton-Dyer, T. F. (Thomas Firminger)
Folklore; Superstition
---- do not appear on Christmas Eve, 175
---- Favourite Days for appearance of, 176
---- seen by Animals, 50
Gloucester, Duke of, Born with Teeth, 9
Glove, Use of, at Fairs, 95
Glove-money, 93
Gloves, Superstitions about, 92
Going in at one Door and out at another at Marriage, 41
"Going up" at Birth, 8
Gout, Charms against, 155
"Grave Scab," 14
---- Remedy for, 14
Graves, Position of, 63
Green Yarrow, 31
Grounds at bottom of Tea-cup, 110
Hair, Superstitions respecting, 72
---- Omens from Growth of, 74
---- Sudden Loss of, 74
Hallowe'en, Divination on, 34
Hands, Emblematic of Character, 77
---- Itching of, 77
Headache, Cures for, 155
Headless Animals, 176
Helping to Salt, 104
Hen cackling at Wedding, 42
Hollow Cinder a Coffin, 129
Home-life, Superstitions relating to, 131
Horoscope in Germany, 143
Horse-shoes as Amulets, 169
Hot Iron in Cream, 170
Household Superstitions, 120
Howling of a Dog at Night indicative of Death, 49
Human Body, Superstitions about, 65
Hydrophobia, Cures for, 156
Hysteria, Remedies for, 158
Idiots cannot sneeze, 123
Invalid asking for Pigeons, 52
Itching of the Nose, 68
"Jack-a-Dandy," 25
Jackdaw, Omen of Death, 52
Jacob's Prophecies, 57
Jaundice, Remedies for, 158
Jewish Customs respecting Shoes, 90
June popular for marrying, 37
Keepsake Rings, Colours in, 93
Knife, Folk-lore relating to, 105
----, Giving away, unlucky, 106
----, Finding, unlucky, 106
Lady-bird, Divination by, 31
Lameness, Cure for, 158
Last Day of Year, Marrying on, in Scotland, 39
Leap-year, Birth in, 3
Lending Knife to cut Cake, 26
Long Life, how to secure, 12
Looking-glass, Fancies about, 112
Love and Courtship, 28
Love-tests, 28
----, whence derived, 29
"Luck of Edenhall," 116
"Lucky Stone" as Amulet, 170
Lucky Stones, 7
Lumbago, Cure for, 159
Magicians and Looking-glasses, 114
Magpie using Hair, 74
Maiden Assize, Gloves at, 93
Making "the Deazil," 61
"Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John," 21
May Marriages unlucky, 36
Measles, Cure for, 159
Medicated Rings, 97
Medicine Bottles, selling, 134
Melted Lead, Divination by, 146
Midsummer Eve, Practices on, 33
Misfortune not to die in one's Bed, 53
Moist and dry Hands, 78
Moles, Omens drawn from, 66
Money and the New Moon, 132
Nails, Signification of, 77
Necklace of Peony Beads, 10
New Clothes, Superstitions relating to, 82
---- Moon in Looking-glass, 113
Nicking Schoolmaster's Cane, 26
Nightmare, Charms against, 178
----, Curious Stories about, 179
North Side of Church, Burial in, 63
Nose, Omens relating to, 68
"Nose out of Joint," and "Paying through Nose," 69
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