Skip to main content

Prediction of the Future

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Customs relating to to food and drink, 20 November 1873

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/15
Scope and Contents Custom relating to food and drink including predicting using egg-whites or salt in water - the choice of salt water was an indication of drowning; the number of grains of corn thrown from a handful would indicate the number of children a woman would have; an account using 'crathadh an fhras lin' at Draineach, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isleof Skye; salt-herrings being roasted on a fire and the first thristy person would be the first to be married; and the throwing of a string into a kiln to see...
Dates: 20 November 1873