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If the bride, on her wedding day ________ (see) the groom through a ring, she______(tame) him. ' I knew you a wolf but you've been a lamb' Upon entering the groom's house: If the bride's head ____(be) hit against the wall, she _____(stay) at home. She ___(cook) if her head ____(be) hit against the chimney She ______(bear) children If a baby is seated on her lap, It ______(bring) good luck if the groom's family_________(buy) shoes for the bride on the first Saturday of the Lent. The evening before the Lent the oldest member of the family ties and egg to a string and the rest of the family tries to catch it with the mouth. If you _______(catch) the egg, it will bring you good fortune. You________(send) ill spirits away if you ___________(drink) water from the shell, If you ________(burn) the string, you __________(be) able to count the years you'll live. If a girl __________(put) the wheat that she has taken from a church on the first Friday of the Lent, under her pillow, she_________(dream) of her future husband.


On St. George's Day If you _________(swing) your children on a red apple, they _________(be) red. If you ________(hit) them with a rolling pin, they______(be) tall. They _____(be) fat if you _________(hit) them with a round wooden cutting board, On the 20th of December (The St. Ignatius of Antioch's Day) If you _______(pull) your children's head upwards, they _________(start) growing more because on that day the length of day time is starting to grow. If you ______(bathe) your children with the water where you dyed the first Easter egg, they _____(be) healthy and strong Nothing bad ________(happen) to you if you_____________ (knock) on wood for three times.


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