During the Middle Ages, in some areas of Europe, it was considered bad luck to meet a priest first thing in the morning. A popular joke had a woman making the sign of the cross when she encountered a priest on a country lane early one morning. The priest asked her why she had made the sign of the cross when she saw him. She admitted she had done it to ward off evil spirits. “Too late, here’s your bad luck” and he pushed her in the ditch.
– Life in the Middle Ages by Williams p. 10-11
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