Does it mean that if one attaches a gray feather to a parcel which one wants to send to his/her friend then the feather will bring my friend a good fortune? — Yes So they placed feathers in doorways because they didn't want wandering children to come to their houses for example? — No, to stop their own children from wandering out, I would suppose.
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