#Flashlore 31

/ Superstition Sam

“The hearthstone should be swept and a basin of spring water left before it for fairies to wash their babies.”
— Kathleen Hawke

Painting of family sitting in front of a cottage hearth. The eldest child tries to comb her father’s hair, even though he has none. The second child washes her hands in a basin, and the mother in the background is holding a baby.

Source: Hawke, Kathleen (1973). Cornish Sayings, Superstitions and Remedies. Truran: Truro.

Image: Hemsley, William (1858). The Fisherman’s Family. Available HERE.