School: Gallen

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(24) A whistling woman and a crowing hen is worse than the old boy in his den. (25) If there is a black spot on your tooth it is a sign you have told a lie. (26) When you hear the cuckoo for the first time you should look at your foot and if you get a grey hair you will live to be old but if you get a brown hair you will die very young.
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Old Beliefs and Superstitions

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(1) You should never put on elder stick on your shoulder because if you do you will never grow a bit bigger.
(2) You should never burn an elder stick because if you do you will

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