Wow, I am happy that I had the chance to gain insight into Porto Rican culture! Information such as this is interesting and useful at the same time. Learning about Porto Rican traditions, childhood games, and especially what they consider to be bad omens is very important. I found it so interesting that there was a common ground between some Russian superstitions and Porto Rican superstitions, salt=bad luck came up a lot. As well as the idea behind not throwing away bread, and putting on your socks inside out causing sadness. I think such silly things have a reason for being around, and it has a great deal to do with culture. 

Other things that I found interesting from the first piece, were the differences in meanings behind flowers in the USA as opposed to Porto Rico, a rose is a rose everywhere however. 

   Dream interpretations were a unit on their own, I am also a strong believer in the reasoning that everything in a dream is the opposite of it's representation. Porto Rican's take it one step further though... reading about exorcisms gave me the chills. Every culture has their own interesting stories...

Regarding "The Three Wishes" off the bat a common theme is noted, they mostly all imply the power of God. "The Ant In Search of Her Leg" tries to persuade the idea that there is no stronger force on Earth than God. He is clearly the almighty, and is greater than the sun, the wind and a person put together. "The Witch's Skin" is another example, it serves to enforce the idea that worshiping the Devil is noticeable, and will get you killed. The high influence of God in these folktales serves to imply that Porto Ricans are traditional and are very strong believers. 

I enjoyed these works very much! And look forward to reading about other cultures!