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Eggs - Facts And Fancies About Them (1890) (Paperback)
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Eggs - Facts And Fancies About Them (1890) (Paperback)
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SUPERSTITIONS. "There's something strange about egg shells, That
makes them proof against all spells." Tudok Jenks. IGGS, and
especially their shells, have been thought potent aids in
witchcraft. Irish and English nurses once instructed children to
push their spoons through the shell of an egg, after eating its
contents, " to keep the witches from making a boat of it." These
lines from Beaumont and Fletcher show the common belief: " The
devil should think of purchasing that eggshell, To victual out a
wife for the Bermoothus." (i. e. Bermudas.) Sir Thomas Browne tells
us another reason for breaking the shells, lest the witches should
draw or prick their names therein and thusinjure the person who had
partaken of the egg. Eggs laid on holy days were supposed to
possess helpful qualities against all ills. In 1584, Reginald Scot
says, " To hang an egg, laid on Ascension Day, in the roof of a
house preserveth the same from all hurts." Eggs produced on Good
Friday were also kept, since they had power to extinguish any fire
on which they might be thrown. The Netherlanders say that ague may
be kept at a distance by eating on Easter Day two eggs laid on Good
Friday. While in North Germany the shells are broken after the
contents are eaten to keep away the same dread visitor. Dreaming of
eggs is a prediction of trouble, though if the shells be broken
when they appear the danger is averted. Scotch fishermen think it
unlucky to have eggs on board their boats, as they will bring
contrary winds. In many parts of England eggs are not allowed to
leave the house after sunset, for fear of ill luck, and to have
them brought in would be equally disastrous. On Halloween, if the
white of egg be dropped into any pure liquid, the shape it takes
will ind...
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