Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough and District by Charles Dack
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page 37 of 62 (59%)
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Married in Green, ashamed to be seen.
Married in Yellow, ashamed of your fellow. Married in Blue, he will always be true. Married in Pink, your spirits will sink. Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday the best day of all. Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, Saturday no luck at all. Marry on Sunday so that you cannot repent before the week is out. ANIMALS. If a dog howls in front of a house it is a sign of a death very soon. If a woman in the house takes off her left shoe and turns it upside down and puts her foot on it the dog ceases howling. I know of one instance where a dog howled in front of a house, and the mistress seeing and hearing the dog took off her left shoe and put her foot on it. The dog was in the midst of a howl, and he finished it with a yell and turned away and ran from the house as fast as possible, but he returned very soon and howled again. It was very strange, but an invalid visitor was staying in the house, and he died exactly a week after the howling. To be followed by a strange dog is lucky. If a cat licks her foot and passes it over her left ear it is a sign that a stranger will soon come. When a cat lies with her tail turned to the fire it is a sign of hard weather. |
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