{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/prwe/prwe283.htm","path":"neu/eng/prwe/prwe283.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/prwe/prwe283.htm","text":"THE MONTH OF MAY UNLUCKY\nMAY is regarded by many as an unhealthy and unlucky month.\nChildren born in the month of May are called \"May chets,\"\n and kittens cast in May are invariably destroyed, for--\n \n \" May chets\n Bad luck begets.\"\n \nAnother rhyme is--\n\"A hot May,\n Fat church hay,\"\nmeaning that funerals will be plenty.","title":"Popular Romances of the West of England: Popular Superstitions: The Month of May Unlucky","type":"page"}