Domestic folk-lore
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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  • Hair, Superstitions respecting, [72]
  • —— Omens from Growth of, [74]
  • —— Sudden Loss of, [74]
  • Hallowe'en, Divination on, [34]
  • Hands, Emblematic of Character, [77]
  • —— Itching of, [77]
  • Headache, Cures for, [155]
  • Headless Animals, [176]
  • Helping to Salt, [104]
  • Hen cackling at Wedding, [42]
  • Hollow Cinder a Coffin, [129]
  • Home-life, Superstitions relating to, [131]
  • Horoscope in Germany, [143]
  • Horse-shoes as Amulets, [169]
  • Hot Iron in Cream, [170]
  • Household Superstitions, [120]
  • Howling of a Dog at Night indicative of Death, [49]
  • Human Body, Superstitions about, [65]
  • Hydrophobia, Cures for, [156]
  • Hysteria, Remedies for, [158]
  • Idiots cannot sneeze, [123]
  • Invalid asking for Pigeons, [52]
  • Itching of the Nose, [68]
  • "Jack-a-Dandy," [25]
  • Jackdaw, Omen of Death, [52]
  • Jacob's Prophecies, [57]
  • Jaundice, Remedies for, [158]
  • Jewish Customs respecting Shoes, [90]
  • June popular for marrying, [37]
  • Keepsake Rings, Colours in, [93]
  • Knife, Folk-lore relating to, [105]
  • ——, Giving away, unlucky, [106]
  • ——, Finding, unlucky, [106]
  • Lady-bird, Divination by, [31]
  • Lameness, Cure for, [158]
  • Last Day of Year, Marrying on, in Scotland, [39]
  • Leap-year, Birth in, [3]
  • Lending Knife to cut Cake, [26]
  • Long Life, how to secure, [12]
  • Looking-glass, Fancies about, [112]
  • Love and Courtship, [28]
  • Love-tests, [28]
  • ——, whence derived, [29]
  • "Luck of Edenhall," [116]
  • "Lucky Stone" as Amulet, [170]
  • Lucky Stones, [7]
  • Lumbago, Cure for, [159]
  • Magicians and Looking-glasses, [114]
  • Magpie using Hair, [74]
  • Maiden Assize, Gloves at, [93]
  • Making "the Deazil," [61]
  • "Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John," [21]
  • May Marriages unlucky, [36]
  • Measles, Cure for, [159]
  • Medicated Rings, [97]
  • Medicine Bottles, selling, [134]
  • Melted Lead, Divination by, [146]
  • Midsummer Eve, Practices on, [33]
  • Misfortune not to die in one's Bed, [53]
  • Moist and dry Hands, [78]
  • Moles, Omens drawn from, [66]
  • Money and the New Moon, [132]
  • Nails, Signification of, [77]
  • Necklace of Peony Beads, [10]
  • New Clothes, Superstitions relating to, [82]
  • —— Moon in Looking-glass, [113]
  • Nicking Schoolmaster's Cane, [26]
  • Nightmare, Charms against, [178]
  • ——, Curious Stories about, [179]
  • North Side of Church, Burial in, [63]
  • Nose, Omens relating to, [68]
  • "Nose out of Joint," and "Paying through Nose," [69]
  • Number Thirteen, Superstitions about, [100], [101]
  • "Nutcrack-night," [34]
  • Nuts and Apples, Divination by, [31]
  • Odd Numbers, Antipathy to, in School Games, [25]
  • Omens associated with Rings, [97]
  • —— of approaching Death, [49]
  • Onymancy, or Divination by the Finger-nails, [141]
  • Opal Ring, unlucky to wear, [97]
  • Open Grave at Wedding, [41]
  • "Over-looking," Superstitions about, [71]
  • Overturning Chair, [111]
  • Ovid on June Marriages, [38]
  • Ox or Cow breaking into Garden, Omen of Death, [51]
  • ——, Anecdote respecting, [51]
  • Palmistry, or Divination by the Hands, [78]
  • Paralysis, Charms for, [160]
  • "Parson's Penny" in Wales, [62]
  • Picking Broom in Bloom unlucky, [52]
  • ——, Anecdote respecting, [53]
  • Pigeons' Feathers in Bed, [58]
  • —— Heart, Divination by, [34]
  • Pin in Candle, [131]
  • Pins, Superstitions about, [98]
  • —— in Witchcraft and Sorcery, [99]
  • ——, Robbing Bride of, [41]
  • Plants and Petticoats, [85]
  • —— in Love-charms, [30]
  • ——, Omens of Death derived from, [52]
  • Poker across Bars of Grate, [129]
  • Popular Divinations, [134]
  • Pork, eating Marrow of, [109]
  • Position of Grave, [63]
  • Prayers of Poor in Lincolnshire, [22]
  • ——, Origin of, [23]
  • —— Taught by poor People to their Children, [21]
  • Prevalence of Superstitions, [122]
  • Prophesying before Death, [57]
  • Puritans and Wedding-ring, [46]
  • Rain, Rhymes about, [24]
  • Rainbow, crossing out, [24]
  • "Rattley-bags," [25]
  • Rebuilding House fatal, [54]
  • Red Hair and Beard, [75]
  • Reversing Articles of Dress, [83]
  • Rheumatism and Shoes, [90]
  • ——, Charms against, [160]
  • Rhymes used by Children, [23]
  • Rings, Legendary Lore of, [95]
  • —— as Talismans, [96]
  • —— of dead Friend, [84]
  • Rocking empty Cradle, [9]
  • Rubbing Shoulders with Bride or Bridegroom, [41]
  • Rural Bridegroom and Gloves, [95]