BIRTH, MARRIAGE, AND DEATH.
Superstitions as to Day and Hour of Birth—Practices to Ascertain
Sex of Expected Child—Frightening Away Demons—Three Children at a
Birth—Binding the Wrists—Cutting the Cord of the Feet—Rocking an
Empty Cradle—Ceremonies after Birth—Worshipping the
Measures—Superstitions as to Marriages—Wedding Rings—Betrothal
Ceremonies—Using the Sieve—Rubbing the Bride’s Feet—The Marriage
Veil—Worshipping Heaven and Earth—Shears, Honey &c.—Bridal
Candles—Lucky Numbers at Weddings—Bride Cake or Bread—Touching the
Threshold—Shoes—Sitting on the Dress—Death—Purchase of Coffins
beforehand—Burial Clothes—“Saining” a Corpse—Cash from the Corpse’s
Sleeve—Reversing the Body—Opening the Roof—White and Black
Cocks—Watching Spirits—Watching the Dead—Clothes, Arms, Food, &c.,
for the Dead—Offerings after Death—Throwing Earth upon the Coffin—A
Lucky Place for a Grave—White the Mourning Colour—Aversion to
Disturbing a Grave, pp. 8–27.