Note 253 — Chapter XVI · Superstitions Generally.

Criblure, Métivier, p. 152.—“In sifting corn the craïnchons are the light and defective grains and husks that gather in the middle of the sieve, as it is worked with a circular motion. St. Andrew’s is the middle parish of the island.”—From Mr. Linwood Pitts and “Bad’la goule.”