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These days were supposed to be unlucky to perform tasks such as getting married, starting a journey, or to fall ill on. Some versions claim that Tycho Brahe also identified several days as particularly lucky:
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note that they should not be carried out on a Tycho Brahe day.
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Remedies and
Rituals: Folk medicine in Norway and the New Land
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364:"Concepts and perception of time in Mesopotamian divination"
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29:(Copenhagen, 1916) promises the list of Tycho Brahe Days.
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A residence in
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Perceptions of religious imagery in natural phenomena
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1495:End-of-the-day betting effect
1259:Ravens of the Tower of London
1175:Barbary macaques in Gibraltar
1819:Superstitions of Scandinavia
1362:Seventh son of a seventh son
623:(in Swedish). Archived from
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510:The Black Books of Elverum
481:Cambridge University Press
106:Mesopotamian civilizations
1748:Post hoc ergo propter hoc
984:Ghosts in Bengali culture
621:www.sprakochfolkminnen.se
413:Sinding, Paul O. (1865).
402:– via academia.edu.
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946:Superstition in Pakistan
812:Superstition in Ethiopia
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1758:Superstition in Judaism
1279:Spilling water for luck
1269:Superstition in Britain
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335:Smith, William (1875).
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1814:Unofficial observances
1527:Four eleven forty-four
1274:Superstition in Serbia
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791:Sailors' superstitions
786:List of bad luck signs
571:: J. Murray. pp.
194:Black Books of Elverum
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941:Superstition in India
781:List of lucky symbols
776:List of superstitions
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646:"Tycho Brahe-days"
452:. Houghton Mifflin
273:Gregorian calendar
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164:In his travelogue
158:Tycho Brahe's days
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588:External link in
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444:Andersen, Hans C.
260:February 9 and 10
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47:Tycho Brahes-dage
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