Top 10 old wives’ tales about pregnancy ‘
IF IT’S A GREAT YEAR FOR NUTS, IT’S A GREAT YEAR FOR CHILDREN.’ CARRY A RABBIT’S FOOT FOR FERTILITY. DON’T CROSS YOUR LEGS WHILST PREGNANT – it hinders birth. DON’T GET MARRIED AFTER SUNSET IF YOU WANT TO BE SURE OF HAVING CHILDREN. STREWING NUTS, ESPECIALLY HAZELNUTS, has the longest connection with fertility for young married couples. IF YOU ARE IN THE COMPANY OF TWO PREGNANT WOMEN AND YOU WANT TO AVOID GETTING PREGNANT, slap your backside three times. IF ANOTHER WOMAN’S BABY LOOKS RIGHT AT YOU FROM BETWEEN ITS LEGS YOU WILL GET PREGNANT. WEARING A COAT BELONGING TO, OR SITTING IN A CHAIR OCCUPIED BY A PREGNANT WOMAN HAS THE SAME EFFECT. IF A MOTHER GIVES AWAY ALL THE BABY CLOTHES AND THE CRADLE THAT SHE HAS, she will be sure to have another baby (true in my case). KISS UNDER THE MISTLETOE THEN PICK ONE OF THE BERRIES AND YOU WILL HAVE A CHILD WITHIN THE YEAR.
Hardie, Titania. Hocus Pocus (p. 43). Kindle Edition.