Contents

Title Page

Copyright

 

PART ONE

Chapter 1: Bread and Butter

Chapter 2: Throw Salt over Your Shoulder

Chapter 3: Into the Eyes of the Devil Standing There

Chapter 4: Cross My Heart and Hope to Die

Chapter 5: Stick a Needle in My Eye

Chapter 6: Eat Well, You Hound

Chapter 7: May You Be Sick and I Be Sound

Chapter 8: A Knife under the Bed Will Cut the Pain

Chapter 9: Red Sky in Morning, Sailors Take Warning

 

PART TWO

Chapter 10: Break a Mirror, Bury the Pieces

Chapter 11: Never Bring an Old Broom into a New House

Chapter 12: Tie a Red Ribbon on a Sick Child

Chapter 13: If You Sing before Seven

Chapter 14: You’ll Cry after Eleven

Chapter 15: Knock on Wood

Chapter 16: Dogs Howling in the Dark of Night

Chapter 17: Howl for Death before Daylight

Chapter 18: See a Penny, Pick It Up

Chapter 19: All the Day You’ll Have Good Luck

Chapter 20: Something Old, Something New

 

PART THREE

Chapter 21: One for Sorrow

Chapter 22: Two for Joy

Chapter 23: Three for a Girl, Four for a Boy

Chapter 24: Five for Silver, Six for Gold

Chapter 25: Seven for a Secret Never to Be Told

Chapter 26: Eight for a Wish

Chapter 27: Nine for a Kiss

Chapter 28: Ten for a Bird

Chapter 29: Not to Be Missed

 

Reading Group Guide

Acknowledgments

About the Author