Domestic folk-lore

CHAPTER I.

BIRTH AND INFANCY.

Value of Superstitions--Lucky Days and Hours of Birth--The Caul--The Changeling--The Evil Eye--"Up and not Down"--Rocking the Empty Cradle--Teeth, Nails, and Hands--The Maple and the Ash--Unchristened Children.

Around every stage of human life a variety of customs and superstitions have woven themselves, most of which, apart from t...