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Field: If a man dreams of green fields, he will marry a discreet, chaste and beautiful
woman; if a woman dreams the same, she will marry a loving and prudent husband, by
whom she will have prudent and beautiful children.
Field-mouse: In parts of England it is believed that a fieldmouse creeping over the back
of a sheep gives it paralysis, and that this can be cured by shutting up a mouse in the
hollow of a trunk of the witch-hazel or witch-elm tree, and leaving it to die of starvation.
(BRAND, Observations, P. 739 ; cf. FRAZER, Magic Art, vol. i, p. 83).
Fiend: An infernal being, generally mixed up with the Devil.
Fiery Apparitions: Apparitions in the form of fiery dogs and other animals are usually
the spirits of those who have committed some heinous crime in their lifetime. (ALPENBURG,
P. 210, etc.).
Filth: Many spirits, generally of a malevolent nature, take up their abode in filth.
Finger: If the finger joints crack when pulled, it is a sign that someone loves you.
(STRACKERJAN, Vol. 1. 91).
Manx fishermen do not point at anything with a finger (RHYS, P. 396). Vide Hare.
Finn MacCoul: Gaelic Legend. Leader of the Fenians.
Finola: Irish Myth. The eldest of the four children of Ler, who were changed into swans
by their jealous stepmother and doomed to retain this form, though without loss of
human speech, for nine hundred years.
Fir (Tree): If a fir tree be touched, withered or burned with lightning, it is a warning to
the house that the master or mistress thereof will shortly die. (BRAND, Observations,
Vol. III. P. 233).
Firbolg: Irish Legend. One of the tribes which settled in Ireland at a very early date, and
who were nearly destroyed by the Tuatha De Danann. They were identified with the
dark population of short stature, believed to be of Iberian affinities.
Fir Darrig: Irish lore. A little merry red man, not unlike in his disposition and movements
to Puck.
Fire: If the fire springs out of the hearth, you will receive a visit (Dutch–THORPE, VOI.
III, P. 328).
The noise occasioned when the enclosed gas in a piece of burning coal catches fire is
a sure indication of a quarrel between the inmates of the house (Gt. Britain).
If children play with fire at night, they are sure to wet the bed in their sleep. (STRACKERJAN,
Vol. 1., 45).
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