Supersticious?

Rial bought a place some two miles from the original place of his father’s, and here his children were born. The home of Rial Allen was made of logs. This house was on a hill but he moved it down by the river, and after it was moved, he sawed off all the eaves so that the witches would not molest him for it’s removal. The house was one of the finest homes there at the time it was built. It was made of logs with a window on each side of the fireplace, as was the style at that period. Years later it was weather boarded and made to look more modern, and the eaves were again built out.