{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/prwe/prwe210.htm","path":"neu/eng/prwe/prwe210.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/prwe/prwe210.htm","text":"HOW TO EAT PILCHARDS.\nIT is unlucky to commence eating pilchards, or, indeed, any kind I of fish, from the head downwards. I have often heard persons rebuked for committing such a grievous sin, which is \"sure to turn the heads of the fish away from the coasts.\"\nThe legitimate process--mark this, all fish-eaters--is to eat the fish from the tail towards the head. This brings the fish to our shores, and secures good luck to the fishermen.","title":"Popular Romances of the West of England: Romances of Fishermen and Sailors: How to Eat Pilchards","type":"page"}