"Caking coal" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... caking coal it often happens that a small piece of fused matter is projected from the fire. When this took place the piece was searched for and examined, and from its shape certain events were prognosticated concerning the person in whose direction it had fallen. If shaped like a coffin it presaged death, ...
— Folk Lore - Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century • James Napier |
