There are many superstitions in regard to lace. Besides the spangles - and one should always have a "Snake Eye" spangle on your pillow - to turn away the evil eye, and prevent mistakes! , you should keep a leopard bobbin on the pillow to help prevent arthritis! - A leopard is a wooden bobbin, with pewter spots. (Wood with pewter stripes around it is a tiger!) And NEVER start a new piece of lace on a Friday! Friday was an Inauspicious Day , and no new project should be started then. This superstition goes way back to Medaeval times, when they would never set out on a journey on a Friday. It was an Old superstition in Henry VIII's time, but still, my Grandmother would never start a new piece of lace on that day. It always went wrong if she did, she reckoned! The one narrow 9 pin edge that I learned with her was started late on a Thursday night , so we got 3 or 4 pins in, and so was not started on the next day! She was not a superstitious person, but she always held to that one. Neither (DD) Helen nor I start a piece on a Friday, either. If it was good enough for Grandma - we figure it is good enough for us!!!
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