"Well, ma mother was very superstitious, ye know? Likes of a Friday night, if ma father was at the pub she wouldn't comb her hair or any'hing like that - it wiz unlucky. In the mornin' likes if ma mother an' father had a little fight or somethin' likes .. an' they said some o' the names, that was it, they would just sit there all day. They said this ... mebbe name (ah'll no' say the name in case somethin' happens) or even some animals - the salmon, or a snake .. a snake was really bad! If they mentioned a snake ye wid think somethin' wid happen tae them if they went out or they'd get that much bad luck they'd get picked up by the police or somethin' like that."
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Questions
- Describe two superstitions that were common among Travelling People.