The Swedish anglers say that if a woman strides the rod, no trout will be caught that day. Tackle, they say, stolen from a friend or neighbor, would bring better luck than that bought with money. In Forfarshire there are fishermen who, on a hare crossing their path, while on their way to their boats, will not put to sea. It is unfortunate, on starting out, to sneeze to the left side; the print of a flat foot in the sand is considered unlucky. Fishermen, while standing or walking, consider it unlucky to be numbered, or to be asked where they are going. A pin picked up in church, and made into a hook, brings luck. _Luck of Birthdays._ In the west of England the fortunes of children are believed to be much regulated by the day of the week on which they are born— "Monday's child is fair in face, Tuesday's child is full of grace, Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go, Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for its living; And a child that's born on a Christmas day Is fair and wise, good and gay." _Sleeping on Stones._ Borlase, in his Antiquities of Cornwall, mentions, as a relic of Druid fancies and incantations, the custom of sleeping on stones, on a particular night, in order to be cured of lameness. _Spilling Salt._ In Scotland there exists a common belief that it is unlucky to spill salt at table, but that the luck can be changed by taking up a pinch of the spilled salt and throwing it over the left shoulder. To spill salt on Friday is considered especially unlucky. "Help me to _salt_, Help me to _sorrow_," Is a saying among the Highlanders, and they always decline salt with a wave of the hand. The popular superstition of this accident being unlucky is said to have originated in the celebrated picture of The Last Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci, in which Judas Iscariot is represented as overturning the salt. Among the Italians, to spill oil at table is regarded as an omen of the worst import. _Charm for the Ague._ This charm for the ague, on "St. Agnes' Eve," is recited up the chimney, in England, by the eldest female in the family— "Tremble and go! First day shiver and burn; Tremble and quake! Second day shiver and learn; Tremble and die! Third day never return." _Ancient Practice of Medicine._ The blood of an innocent child, or of a virgin, was believed to cure the leprosy; that of an executed criminal, the falling sickness. The hearts of animals, because the seat of life, were held to be potent drugs. The Rosicrucian physicians treated a case of wounding by applying the salve to the weapon, instead of to the wound itself. _Amethyst Amulets._ The ancients imagined that the amethyst possessed the property of preventing intoxication, and persons much addicted to drinking therefore wore it on their necks. _Preservative against Toothache._