The Lily is the flower of the dead. If any body be executed innocent, three yellow lilies will grow on his grave.
Superstitions about Stones.
The Diamond is blown, like glass, by thousands and thousands of snakes in caves, who bury them in the sand.
The Carbuncle glows in the dark.
The Garnet. While the person who wears these stones is healthy the garnet is of a beautiful red colour; when the wearer ails the stones turn pale.
The Opal is an unlucky stone.
Sundries.[120]
Astronomy. The milky way came about in this way. The driver of a cart of straw was very drunk; the straw was badly loaded and fell off in all directions as the drunken driver drove his horses irregularly over the way.
*Comets forebode a great war or the pest.
Many people get out at the left side of the bed, pull on the left side first of their trousers, the left sleeve of their coat, and undress left first because it is good for toothache.