{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/prwe/prwe290.htm","path":"neu/eng/prwe/prwe290.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/prwe/prwe290.htm","text":"WHISTLING\nTO whistle by night is one of the unpardonable sins amongst the fishermen of St Ives. My correspondent says, \"I would no more dare go among a party of fishermen at night whistling a popular air than into a den of untamed tigers.\"\nNo miner will allow of whistling underground. I could never learn from the miners whether they regarded it as unlucky or not. I rather think they feel that whistling indicates thoughtlessness, and they know their labour is one of danger, requiring serious attention.","title":"Popular Romances of the West of England: Popular Superstitions: Whistling","type":"page"}