Money Spinners

To make sure of always having money in your pocket, the 1831 list advised putting in it the small spiders called money spinners, or keeping in your purse a bent coin or one with a hole in it. At every new moon the coin was taken out, spat on and put back with a wish for good luck. The same list notes that a spark in the candle meant a letter was coming, bubbles on tea meant kisses, and birds’ eggs hung up in a house were unlucky.