Superstitions of Irish Country People Do you know why it is considered unlucky to meet a barefooted man, to start a journey on the tenth of November, to get married on a Saturday? Irish Country People believe that angels are always present among them and all good things-crops, rain and so forth come from them. Bad spirits bring sickness to humans, animals and pestilence to crops. They do not speak of fairies on Wednesday and Fridays for on those days they could be present while being invisible. Taken from the Book" Before the Devil knows you`re Dead" Buy Padraic O`Farrell Mary E Coss Staley Wheeling Area Genealogical Society