Show Omens Dim Yule Spirit Not according to some ancient beliefs once associated with the for the old belief that cattle and other stable animals were given the Any person who heard the animals speak would die within a so superstition Somber omens of death were read into still other Yuletide When the Yule log bystanders were told to watch the shadows on the If the shadows of any persons appeared to be this supposedly meant death for those again the power of forecasting life or when used in connection with The test could be made by leaving a small mound of salt on the table on Christmas If the salt melted during the meant death within 12 If the salt remained the forecast was for a long and healthy |