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Superstition #617

As with the superstitious generally, Friday is a very unlucky day. Housekeepers will prefer paying a quarter’s rent extra to going into a house on that day. It is, of course, most unlucky to be married on it. Wednesday is the day considered most favorable for the purpose.

Newfoundland.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 617.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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