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If knives get accidentally across each other, that is a sure sign 

 of a sharp quarrel. 



When your right eye twitches you are going to see a stran- 

 ger, but if the left a lover. If you have a singing in your ears, 

 you will hear soon of the death of one you know. The sole of 

 your foot itching shows you are going to walk on strange 

 ground. If the itching is on the palm of the right hand you 

 are going to shake hands with a stranger, but if it be the left 

 you will soon receive money. A person who habitually sneezes 

 loudly is destined to be a long liver. If the outside of your 

 elbow itches, that shows you are likely to sleep away from home, 

 but the inside signifies some one is coming to sleep in your 

 home. 



A branch of a rowan-tree should be put over the door on 

 May eve to keep the witches from entering. For the purpose 

 of keeping these undesirable visitors away from the byre, salt is 

 to be kept there. A newlv -calved cow should be milked the 

 first three times on silver. 



An old aunt of Mrs. Blair's frequently told about her inter- 

 course with fairies. On one occasion she opened a drawer where 

 linen was kept. To her surprise she found a tenpenny (a coin 

 then in use) in it, which she took out. She went several times to 

 the same drawer, and each time was rewarded by finding the 

 same kind of coin. She at last told the circumstance, after 

 which the fairy's donation ceased. I was told of a man who 

 had several cows that died most unaccountably. By some means 

 he was given to understand that his byre was situated in a way 

 displeasing to the little people. Of course he at once rectified 

 this, and no further deaths occurred. 



The papers were criticised by several members, and satisfaction 

 was expressed that the formation of an Ethnographical Section 

 of the Club was already beginning to bear fruit. 



Miss Dora Bain and Mr. P. F. Townsend were subsequently 

 elected members of the Club. 



