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regard to the choice of the day, as the following shows: — Monday 

 for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday the best day of all ; 

 Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, and Saturday no luck 

 at all. 



Days to do washing : — 



Monday's wash is a dainty dame, 

 Tuesday's wash is much the same ; 

 Wednesday's wash is next door by, 

 Thursday's wash just in time to dry ; 

 Friday's wash is one of need, 

 Saturday's wash is a slut indeed. 



If you purpose removing to another residence, be sure to 

 avoid Saturday, as " Saturday's flit is a short sit." Saturday is 

 also considered an unlucky day for a farmer to commence the 

 putting in of his crop. 



Other items have reference to animals. Magpies are great 

 indicators of future events, lucky or unlucky according to the 

 number in view at one time. " One sorrow, two mirth, three 

 a wedding, four a birth, five silver, six gold, seven a secret 

 never told." 



A crowing hen is not a good thing to have about a house. 

 A young person told me of a white hen they once had, which 

 one day flew up on the yard wall and crowed loudly. After 

 that her mother died. " But," she said with great earnestness, 

 " we did not let her live long after she crowed." 



If the cat sits down with her back to the fire, a storm is 

 brewing ; and when she scratches the leg of a chair or table, 

 that is a sign a stranger is coming. 



When a donkey brays, that's a sure sign of rain. 



If you deliberately kill a cricket, its companions will avenge 

 its death by cutting stockings and other garments. 



When a cock comes to the door of a house and crows in, that 

 indicates news coming. But when it crows in the night, that 

 is a sign of a death. 



You should never cut with scissors a baby's nails, or you are 

 in danger of making it one of the light-fingered gentry. 



