favourite minor and major geases

geas-a taboo placed on a person that if broken will cause there doom but thank you for the web site(used in slaine old boy) :wink:
 
"do not dance around a stonecircle twice at full moon wearing a circlet of gold"
"never abandon your brother in battle"
"never turn your back on a living foe"
"do not wear clothes which belonged to a dead person"
"do not kiss a maiden after midnight till wed"
"never say no to a childs request"
 
"never let your brothers enter battle without you by there side"
"never rebuke a elder"
"do not be your brothers sheildbearer"
"never throw stones into a still lake"

has anyone else got a favourite they would like too add
 
Never twice ask a man his name
Never fight the same fight
Never sleep under wool
Never sully the body with clothing or armour (ouch!)
Always walk twice around a dead man
Always remember a 'good foe'
Always listen to the advise of old women
Always leave a house before the cock crows thrice
Always beat your dwalf before lunch....
Never trust a man who seems wise
Always trust a man who is.
Always leave you weapons at the front door
Never sleep under the x Star
Always take a good foes skull
Never taint a slave girls honour (or allow it to be tainted)
Respect the Goddess in all things (not as easy as it sounds)
Never tell the same lie twice
Always take the second choice
Three times cast a prayer before you swim
Never surrender your name till wed
Always water a poor foes head
Every winter feed your good foes wives
Be true to your fallen brothers sisters/wives/child
Always be the last to leave the field
Never trust a sessair with a dwarf
Never refuse a witches love
Always drink twice as much as your nearest friend
 
Never clear the plate
Always sleep facing the morning
Never suffer a formori to live
Never meet a blind mans stare

Never refuse the first dare
Never tell of your gease :wink:
 
do not watch geese fly south while holding a shield
do not go into combat with two shields
never bed a red headed woman
never be asleep when the morning breaks
never greet a warrior using your left hand
 
never eat yellow snow
never get a lift in chariot driven by a dwarf
never eat anything prepared by a dwarf
do not enter a hut without the headmans permission
do not eat donkey
 
never sleep with a tattoed women
do not dance naked in the snow
never forget a womans name
do not sleep with the mother of your sisters best friend
 
never speak ill of your mother
always support others from your clan
never be polite too a dwarf
never speak of your other clans men unless asked
never argue with a druid
always treat witches with respect
 
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