{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/prwe/prwe286.htm","path":"neu/eng/prwe/prwe286.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/prwe/prwe286.htm","text":"ITCHING EARS\nWHEN the ears are red and itch, it is a sign that some one is talking of the suffering individual. If it is the left ear, they are being scandalised; if the right ear, they are being praised.\nOften have I heard, when the lower and middle class people have been indulging in some gossip of their neighbours or friends, \"I 'II bet how their ears do itch.\"","title":"Popular Romances of the West of England: Popular Superstitions: Itching Ears","type":"page"}