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‘BUSH’., burning
‘CAT’. taboo word
‘CHURCH’. taboo word
‘COAL’ magic
‘DEVIL’. taboo word
‘EGG’. taboo word
‘FAIRY’ taboo word
‘FIRE’. taboo word
‘GOLD AND SILVER WATER’.
‘HARE’ OR ‘RABBIT’ taboo word
‘HARE’. OR ‘RABBIT’.: saying at change of month
‘KNIFE’. taboo word
‘LAST’. taboo word
‘MINISTER’ taboo word
‘PALM’ unlucky in house before Palm Sunday
‘PALM’. protects
‘PIG’. taboo word
‘RAT’ AND ‘MOUSE’ taboo words
‘SALMON’. taboo word
‘SALT’. taboo word
ADULTERER cures warts
AFTERBIRTH, burning: divination
ALBATROSS
AMBER cures/protects
AMBULANCE, seeing
AMBULANCE, taking lift in
ANIMAL, buying and selling
ANIMAL, four-legged: meeting
APPLE BLOSSOM in house
APPLE CROP
APPLE PEEL: divination
APPLE PIPS pressed on cheek/forehead: divination
APPLE PIPS, burning: divination
APPLE PIPS, squeezing: divination
APPLE STALK: divination
APRON comes untied
ASCENSION DAY WATER
ASCENSION DAY, egg laid on
ASCENSION DAY, working on
ASH TREE benign
ASH TREE protects against snakes
ASH TREE protects againsts storm and witchcraft
ASH TREE, child passed through
ASH TREE, harming
ASH TREE: even ash-leaf: divination
ASH TREE: keys: divination
ASHES, footprint in
ASHES, pictures in
ASHES, streaks in
AURORA BOREALIS
BABY carried upwards first
BABY looks between legs
BABY protected by ‘something old’
BABY protected by clothes of opposite sex
BABY protected by parents garment
BABY, eating and drinking to
BABY, gifts to: on first visit
BABY, referring to
BABY, stillborn
BABY: bringing home in car
BABYS CLOTHES put over head
BABYS CLOTHES/CRADLE given away
BABYS HAND: first one used
BABYS HANDS open when born
BABYS HANDS, washing