What they say in New England; a book of signs, sayings, and superstitions (1896)
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940, comp · Boston, Lee and Shepard · leaf 77
ly one way. Hemlock-trees attract lightning. Itis said that you need put no lightning-rods on your buildings if you will onlyset up a tall hemlock pole near them.The lightning will hit that pole, ratherthan the buildings, every time. All sound-minded people have thelargest-half of their heads in… … FRIENDS Gain a day, and you gain afriend; as, for instance, when it isThursday and you think it is Friday.Lose a day, and you lose a friend. Never give a friend a pin. It will spoil your friendship. To guard against this, and at the same time to accommodate your friend, you can say: I will not give…
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