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Make nests for the hens on St . Peter’s day, And many ‘s the egg that they will lay.

There are two feast days in the year which are dedicated to St Peter.
January 16, and June 29 (which is the feast of Saints Peter and Paul).
What follows is lore and superstition surrounding St Peter’s day:

• No building should ever be begun on St . Peter’s day. It will never prosper.
• The Wallachians say that on St. Peter’s day all roads are guarded by
  serpents, and whoever kills one on that day will be lucky all the year.
• If it rains on St. Peter and St. Paul, there will be plenty of mushrooms.
• If you set your hens to hatch on Peter’s and Paul’s day, they will become good layers.
• Make nests for the hens on St . Peter’s day, And many ‘s the egg that they will lay.

Collected from various sources