SWEEPING

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• #650

  If the broom is moved with the rest of the household furniture, you will not be successful. The broom should be burned while standing in the corner, being watched meanwhile, to prevent the house from taking fire.

• #651

  Never sweep the floor after sunset; it is bad luck.

  Alabama.
• #652

  Carrying ashes out of the house after sunset is bad luck.

  Virginia.
• #653

  It is ill luck to sweep dirt out of doors after sunset.

  Virginia.
• #654

  Dirt must not be swept out of doors after dark, or it will bring disaster to the master of the house. This belief is common among negroes and superstitious whites.

  Chestertown, Md.
• #655

  Sailors are unwilling that their friends should sweep after dark, because in that case their wages will be swept away by sickness or otherwise.

  Westport, Mass.