Children believe it is unlucky to step on the cracks in the flagstones, which are believed to contain poison. It is a game to walk a long distance on such stones without setting foot on the interstices.
Cambridge, Mass.
Superstition #92
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 92.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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