What they say in New England; a book of signs, sayings, and superstitions (1896)
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940 · Boston : Lee and Shepard · leaf 92
ade all in blue, and lived inthem much of their time. Others madeblue glass sanitariums of the upper storyof their houses by putting in blue sky-lights. Many marvellous cures were effected,but the agitation and the interest in thematter passed away as quickly as doesa summer days thunder-storm. It… … THE FARM If the sun shines through the limbsof the apple-trees on Christmas Day,there will be a good crop of fruit nextyear. Plant a bean with the eye up, and itwill grow straight down through theearth to China. When you have a kettle of fat porkon the stove that you are trying downinto lard, and…
Folklore -- New England · Omens · Superstition
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