A woman near Narberth in Pembrokeshire told me that Tuesdays and Thursdays are lucky days in that part.
In some parts of Carmarthenshire, the most lucky days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
But the fact of it is, I have discovered that the days which are considered lucky in one part of the country are considered unlucky in another part.
Odd numbers, especially three, and seven, are said to be lucky numbers.
Thirteen, however, is considered very unlucky, and it is thought that if thirteen persons sit down to table, the last person who sits down and the first to rise up, are those to whom the ill-luck will fall.
It is considered unlucky by many to shake hands across a table; and when two people are shaking hands, if two others of the company attempt to shake hands across their hands it is a very unlucky sign.
It is considered unlucky by some to baptise more than one child in the same water. There is also the same superstition respecting one man washing after another in the same water.
In Cardiganshire, it is believed that he who dies on Sunday is a godly man.
Mr. Eyre Evans, Aberystwyth, informed me that he has just come across some people in Montgomeryshire who consider it unlucky to pick up or carry white stones in their pockets; and it seems from Sir John Rhys, that Manx Fishermen do not like to have a white stone in a boat.
Curious Belief about Salt.—When people remove into a new house it is customary to take a bar of salt into the building before taking in any of the furniture. This is supposed to secure good luck.