Erra Pater

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The Erra Pater is a compilation of beliefs of the Order, taught during some of its sermons. A rundown of it is as follows:

• Bats are the evil messengers of darkness.
• The cat and hare are often familiars of warlocks and witches.
• If a cat or hare crosses your path, you must end your journey quickly, or risk an encounter with a demon.
• If you see a snake unkilled, fear mischief.
• If you spill salt on yourself, while dining, you must pour red wine upon your lap, to ward off evil spirits.
• It is possible to predict the weather, by listening to whether the morning crow crieth even or odd times. Even entails fair weather, odd is a sign of storms ahead
• If you hear a raven croak from your neighbours roof, it is now time to write your will.
• If you dream of a green garden or the salutations from a dead friend, death is on his way to you.
• It is possible to ward off evil with balls of hollowed wax.
• Witches draw omens from the whining of hedgehogs.
• Any animal which carries a defect, be a missing tail or shortened leg, is a witch.
• To see an owl is an omen of death.
• Rats can be killed with rhymes.
• Hair from a horse, which falls into a stream, turns into eels.
• Ghosts fear a healthy rooster, for the cry of a rooster will scare them away.
• If you have an itch, you can be certain that something will happen very soon.
• Men on their death bed will utter prophecies.
• All candles burn blue at midnight.
• Stumbling at the threshold of a doorway warns you of danger within.
• Empty eggshells must be broken, preventing witches from using them as boats.
• Fresh milk, suddenly sour, means there is a witch nearby.
• Sickness among many children is often the result of witchcraft.
• A comet predicts the death of a King or Queen.
• An eclipse is a sign of great evil.

Note: There is a great deal more to it. We suggest you pick up the IC hard copy of it. (Ask an immortal, they're readily available and everyone is allowed to have one)