Welsh Folk-Lore / a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales
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Chapter 28 shoe found on a road or field, and nailed either on or above the door of a house or stable, was considered a protection from spells.
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Chapter 37 The seventh son was thought to possess supernatural power, and so also was the seventh daughter, but her influence seems to have been exerted against witchcraft.
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Chapter 39 These men were looked upon as malicious conjurors.
Chapter 40 These were accounted able to thwart the designs of evil workers of every description.
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Chapter 38 No.38

The sign of the cross made on the person was once common in Wales, and the advice given by the aged when a person was in any difficulty was "ymgroesa," cross yourself. The custom of crossing the door on leaving the house lingered long in many places, and, I think, it is not altogether given up in our days.

             
            

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