The following, then, are
samples of popular superstitions:
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It is unlucky to wash a
baby's head for the first twelve months.
Washing a child's hand's
before his first birthday will take away his riches
and would live and die poor.
Nails should be bitten,
not cut, for the same time, for that would make them
thieves.
Hair at no age must be cut
at the waning of the moon, that would prevent it
growing luxuriantly.
Hair cut off should always
be burned; it unlucky to throw shorn hair away;
otherwise, birds might make a nest of your hair,
weaving tightly, so that you would have difficulty
rising on your last day.
Children's first lost
teeth are burned in order to prevent snaggle teeth
from comming in.
Coral necklaces are worn
to ensure easy teething.
Coral beads are said to
change color indicating whether the wearer is ill or
well.
All locks in a house are
unlocked at birthing to ensure an easy delivery.
Cornishmen of the west are
born with tails; they drop off when the Tamar River
is crossed
When a boy is born under
the waning moon, the next birth will be a girl, and
vice versa.
When a child is born under
a waxing moon, the next birth will be of the same
sex.
A child born at the
interval between the old and new moons is fated to
die young.
Babies with blue veins
across their noses will not live to see twenty-one.
