Unways
An unway is a þeāw that, if ignored, will harm wel.
Below are examples of the uways that the Fruman avoids in order to maintain a welig life.
As with all things, not every unway is relevant to every Fruman as situations often differ.
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Do not bring apple blossom into the home.
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Bees should never be bought for money – they should be bartered fairly.
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Never borrow (or lend) a bellows.
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Never pick berries after the first frost, or after the Wild Hunt has marched (whichever is first).
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Do not name a boat before it floats.
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Do not throw crusts of bread into the fire.
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Bride and groom should not meet on the day of their wedding before the ceremony.
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Do not get a new brush in Ðrymylce.
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Do not get a new brush between Geōl and Distaff Day.
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Do not use a sweeping brush on a table.
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Bumblebees are welful visitors, do not chase them from your home.
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Do not wear the clothes of the dead.
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Never bring a new cradle into the home before the child is born.
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Do not buy the carriage before the cradle.
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Never make a cradle from the wood of the elder tree.
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Do not burn the wood of the elder tree.
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To move a body once buried is deeply unwelig.
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To call a wiht a “wiht” or “færy” is to invite its ire. Better to call them “good neighbours”.
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Do not allow fire to burn in the presence of a corpse.
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Do not bring gorse into the home.
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Do not harvest curative plants with iron, as the iron will leech the magic from them.
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Do not sharpen blades after sunset.
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“Stir with a knife, stir up strife.”
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Do not bring hawthorn blossom into the home.
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It is unwelig to receive shoes during Geōltide.
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It is unwelig to pass another person on the stairs or over a style.
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It is unwelig to kill any animal in the home.
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Do not open an umbrella in the home.