Etruscan Roman remains in popular tradition (1892)
Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903 · London, T. F. Unwin · leaf 286
relation to this I have, from^ll/f: Rocca Casciano, the following, whichappears to be very old :— When one would find a treasure, he must takethe door of the house in which he dwells, and carry itforth into the fields by night, till he come under a tree.Then he must wait till many birds fly over… … u^^4^mi^ BIRDS AND TREASURES. 271 So far as the birds are concerned this treasure-hunting is Etruscan and Greek.The mysterious connection of the door with finding treasures appears in othercountries. Thus in Grimms Stories, Stupid Catherine carries away the door fromher house, and by means of…
Folklore · Superstition
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