14. It is bad luck to rock an empty cradle.

15. When someone has just died the window must be opened to let the soul

escape.

16. It is not considered good to count the beehives or the loaves when

they are put into the oven.

17. When the master of the house dies, one must go and tell it to the

bees, and to the cattle in the stables, otherwise some new misfortune is

sure to happen.

18. If the New Year's night be clear the hens will lay many eggs during

the year.

19. It is not good to whitewash the house when the moon is decreasing,

for that produces bugs.

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