– People throw a knife into the garden to stop it hailing. – When a skull is taken out of the grave and boiled in water, it rains.
– During the devil’s wedding ceremony (rain in April) anyone standing in the rain will be taken away by genies.
– Rain in April is something like holy water, it is lucky. Getting wet in the April rain brings good health.
– Biting iron while there’s thunder brings good luck.
– Female creatures turns into male and male into female if they walk under a rainbow.
– Eating a few haildrops at the first hailstorm of the year is considered good for the health.
– A knife is thrown onto the roof of the house when there is thunder.
– It is believed that putting a trivet in the garden may stop hail.
– A knife is thrust into the ground when lightning flashes in the sky.
Popular Beliefs Related to Seasons, Months and Days:
– No one is allowed enter a house except for the residents on the first day of March. It is imagined that lambs and fawns will die otherwise.
– If the first people seen on the first day of January look well and healthy, the year will be a healthy one, if they do not look well, someone may fall ill during the year.
– On Tuesdays, washing clothes is not allowed. It is believed that anyone who wears clean clothes washed on Tuesday will die soon.
– Babies born on Tuesdays will become killers.
– No wedding ceremonies are held on Tuesdays.
– Both throwing dust and working are forbidden on Fridays.
– The baby conceived on Friday becomes wise.
– Washing clothes is not allowed on Saturdays.
– If a baby is born late in Friday night, it will grow rich. – If a person knits on Fridays, she will lose her good luck.
– If a person cuts his nails on Friday night, he will fall out of favor.
– Anyone who enters a field on 7th August will be paralyzed.
– Quilts are not covered with sheets on Saturdays, as it is believed that quilts which are covered on Saturdays are waiting for dead bodies.
– Fields are not sowed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. – On Fridays, trees are not cut down until Friday prayers
– No sowing is done on Fridays.
– Any job started on Monday goes slowly.