Mythology

In Japan the following things foretell a fire: a cock crowing loudly in the evening, a dog
climbing on the roof of a house or building, a weasel crying out once, and pulling up a
peculiar kind of grass, called the hinode (sunrise), which grows on many houses.
(GRIFFIS, M.E., P. 471).
St. Christopher saves from fire, St. Agatha protects from it, but St. Florian should be
invoked if a fire has already broken out.
If the fire burns brightly on Christmas morning, it betokens prosperity during the year; if
it smoulders, adversity. (RAGNER).
Making a cross with the bars of the grate and the poker drives the devil out of the
chimney, and so enables the fire to burn. (Gt. Britain.-ELWORTHY, E. E., P. 430).
In Ireland a fire is believed to be a great protection against fairies and witches. (ib. P.
436. cf. Ethnologie du Bengale, pp. 82, 92, 133; KUHN UND SCHWARTZ,
Norddeutsche Sagen, P. 92; WOLF, Beitage, Vol. II, P. 303: PLOSS, Das Weib, Vol. I,
pp. 615 seq.; WUTTKE, P. 195; LADY WILDE, P. 118; TYLOR, Primitive Culture, Vol. II,
p. 178; HYLTON-CAVALLIUS, Warend och Wirdarne, Vol. I, p. 191; ATKINSON,
Glossary of Cleveland Dialect, P. 597; HUBERT ET MAUSS, Essai sur le Sacrifice,
Annee Sociol., Vol. II (1897-1898), P. 57, n. 7). Vide Beehive, Agatha St., Gipsy, Nail.
Fire-Fly: Night blindness is cured by eating a fire-fly. (Bengal).
Fireplace: If the fire in the fireplace bursts with an explosive sound, it is a sign of a
quarrel. (Silesia, Hesse, Mark, Swabia), but if you spit on it., you will not be the sufferer.
(Mark. WUTTKE, P. 37).
First: The first of April, August and December are unlucky days. (WUTTKE, P. 22;
STRACKERJAN, Vol. II. P. 52).
First-born Children: They are believed to have the power of stopping rain; according to
the Muslims, they can do so by stripping naked and standing on their heads. In
Calcutta, they need only make a candle of cloth and burn it (Dic. Rel. Eth. Vol. VIII, P.
201).
It is believed in India that a first-born son leaning against anything will attract a thunderbolt
to it. (Dic. Rel. Eth. Vol. VIII, P. 290; N.I.N.Q., I. (1891) 378).
First-buried: The spirit of the first-buried in a churchyard can never have rest, but must
wander about eternally. ,Hessen, Westphalia–WUTTKE, P. 215). cf. Last Buried.
Fish: If you count the number of fish you have caught, you will catch more that day.
(Gt. Britain).
If you meet a priest while on your way to fishing, you will have a good haul that day.
(Gt. Britain; Japan–GRIFFIS, M.E., P. 470).
Fish are sometimes transformed into birds (MAYER, Chin. Read. Man., P. 301).
It is unlucky to dream of a single fish, but lucky to dream of a shoal.
Spirits and other malevolent demons are very fond of fish, especially fried (cf.
Ethnologie du Bengale, P. 115; SKEAT, Malay Magic, P. 326). Vide Net, Woman.

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