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Pigeons.—It is considered unlucky to keep pigeons in the dwelling-house.

Crickets.—It is unlucky to kill a cricket, or to talk of killing them, because they tell one another and come and eat your clothes.

Charm for Toothache.—Say three times night and morning, or write on a slip of paper and carry about with you :—

Charm against Ague or Fever.—As above:—

Charm to Recover a Lost Article.—Tie a piece of straw round the crook in the chimney, then take a sod from the fire and place it in the centre of the room, quench it, and the lost article will be restored to its place.

The tongs are thrown at persons going out on business, to take luck with them.

When a calf died it was the custom to cut off the forefeet from the knee, and place them up over the door of the house, inside, to prevent the death of calves.

Some people say that if they missed a piece of a ridge