SUPERSTITION AND AGRICULTURE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1941, 17 March 1885, Page 2

SUPERSTITION AND AGRICULTURE.

A correspondent who has visited Goula states that the fishermen are very superstitious. She adds: Farming is an avocation of at least as much consequence to the inhabitants of Goula as fishing, and In the prosecution of it they are equally careful to act in obedience to the ancient, unaoknowledged, but. living faith, The land must be dug agreeably to the apparent course of the sun, The sowing of seed-corn nhould bo begun before noon on Saturday, with the moon on the inorease and tho tide flowing, jjome put an egg in' tho kishie among the seed-corn, Whon grinding meal turn the quern sunwards, If it be turned vjinder.gales the meal will act as an aperient, When the moon is on tho increase is tho timo to kill a pig. As lien should be set on an odd number of eggs when the tide is flowing, When a man is killing a sheep it is unlucky for any one (especially a woman) to pass bctwoen him and the fire. In dressing the sheep carefully remove tho pall, spit on it throe fimes and cover it up with ashes, so that the dog'will not see it. Do not mention tho name of the pudding •before it is put in the pot, or it will burst. If any one can lay his hand on an ewe lamb that he covets it will not thrive, If the liver of a. jamb crackles when placed upon the fire it is a sign that i^nther'aha;' jier ideaceiidants will be prolific:' A'cgvv sfjouhl be fastened in the byre with her head to A knife should be stuck into the coupling above her head to keep away trowa. or fajrjes. Should sho be sick, tafo white mqiiey, a razor,' and a pair of 'shea™ and sjjako them in a sieve above her head. IfawQund iijade bya trow's arrow be discovered in her side, puU finger on it until another person can daub the.' place with tar. Take gunpowder and fire it off between two peats near her head, Should this fail in effecting a euro, take a he-cat and draw him by the tail across the back of the cqw until he fastens his claws ii) her hide, andifthjj does not cure her nothing will. Wh/gn a qpw has lost power of chowjng her cud some gunppwder jn a piece of taK and put it into ft dog's mouth, and tljoji' male thg cow swallow Jt. Thrao ifconea taken from a brook and three stones takon from, the ground ought to bp placed above the head of the cow that has beenglvon as a dowry or tocher, so that sho may have no deairo to return to her old quarters.—'Glasgow Herald.'