572 [Proc. B.N.F.C., 



A marriage will never take place out of a house in which 

 there is a black teapot. 



If a child has whooping-cough it will be cured by putting it 

 three times over and three times under an ass. 1 



Anyone suffering from erysipelas will be cured by getting 

 one drop of blood from the tail of a black cat and rubbing it on 

 the infected part. 



Never rock an empty cradle, for it will bring misfortune on 

 the baby. 



Never invite three persons having the same name to your 

 house, or one of them will die before the year is out. 



If a child goes into a decline it is said to be a changeling. To 

 prove this it is put sitting on a hot shovel outside the door for 

 about three minutes ; if it does not move during that time it is 

 not a changeling. 



If a person has warts, he must take a stone for every wart he 

 has, tie them up in a bag, and throw them out on a public road ; 

 a snail must then be rubbed on each wart, and afterwards stuck 

 on a blackthorn bush to wither ; as the snail withers the warts 

 disappear, and go to the person who picks up the bag of stones. 



To the foregoing, Miss Mollan added the following " Freets " 

 from Co. Monaghan : — 



A bride should always wear on her wedding day for luck — 

 " Something old, something new, 

 Something borrowed, and something blue." 



If your nose itches, it means you are going to drink tea with 

 strangers. 



It is very unlucky for a weasel to cross your path. 



If a girl finds nine peas in a pod she should put the pod over 

 the door, and the first person who enters will have the same 

 Christian name as her future husband. 



When you lose your way at night turn your coat inside out, 

 and you will then see your way distinctly. 



A man was going home one dark night, and as he was passing 

 a rath he suddenly lost his way, and kept moving round in a 



