Domestic Superstitions.
Here are comic doniastic sii'nerititions confided to mo 'by a Tlmmes lady. If when w'ashing 1 dishes you fosget one, it is a sigai that you will shoi>cly hear 1 of ai wedding. If your apron accident-ally oomes untied, rt means tha.t so-meone is
speaking of yiai. If by any chaiicei you should try to make coffee witliout putting any in tho pcit, a, gift is on the way to you. To place a kettle on firo or storve with tlie spoilt pointing backwards is a sign of company.
If a piocie of coal from the fire falls on to the floor, a stranger in coining to sseo you thei'c is danger of a. biu!rnt carpet, so remojv'e it at once.
But a far more reliable prophe.iy of the sa.ajfs is tha following : If yen givo w'i\.y toi bad teimper and bickering, it is a surd sign that your home •will not be happy.
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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10348, 22 April 1911, Page 5 (Supplement)
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156Domestic Superstitions. Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10348, 22 April 1911, Page 5 (Supplement)
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