Ivan recounts bad omens: If an owl sits near one’s house, if someone crosses your way holding with an empty bucket, if a fox crosses the road, if a dog howls, if a ferret barks at you, if you dream of a snake. In such cases one should do the following: scare away the owl; scare away the dog; kill the ferret; spit to the ground after the fox has crossed the road.Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwi
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