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6.—Marriages have the following results, according to the day on 
which celebrated : ; 
Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, 4 
Wednesday the best day of all, 
Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, 
Saturday no day at all. — 
Variant. Monday for wealth ; 
Tuesday for health ; 
Wednesday the best day of all; 
Thursday for crosses ; 
Friday for losses ; 
Saturday no luck at all. 
7.—It is unlucky to marry in May. 
8.—A bride must wear 
Something old and something new, 
Something borrowed, and something blue. 
The borrowed is apt to be a handkerchief; the blue, garters. 
9,—A child must first be taken up stairs before it is taken down ; other- 
wise it will never rise in life. 
10.—Women lose a tooth at every confinement. 
11.—A piece of wedding-cake if placed under one’s pillow will bring a ‘ 
dream of one’s future spouse. | 
12.— Find nine peas in a pod, put them over the door, 
The first one that enters is yours evermore. 
13.—It is bad luck to rock an empty cradle as the child to whom it 
belongs will soon die. 
14.--In order that a dying man should die easily the windows of the 
room must be thrown open. ; 
15.— Happy the bride the sun shines on, 
Happy the corpse the rain rains on. ba 
Variant. Lucky the bride that the sun shines on, . 
Blessed the corpse that the rain falls on. 
16.—A big blue vein over the nose is a sign of a short life. 
17.—The builder of a dwelling house dies before he can live in it a long 
while. 
18.—If a dog howls at night it is a sign of death to some one near by ; 
a sick person will surely die. Some say the same of the screeching of a 
cat at night, especially if a woman be sick. : 
19.—To break a mirror or other object of glass is unlucky ; the former 
announces death. 
