The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-03-01
Lucky and UnEuclry Days.


The belief in lucky and unlucky days is one
Of the most prevalent Of human superstitions.
There are traces Of it among all the nations Of
human antiquity, and some Of more recent date
Fhe 14th day Of the first month was esteemed
auspicious by the Jews, because it eEded their
captivity in Egypt. On the other hand. tho
| 10Th of August, was iIl-omened for Oh thatday
the first Temple vas destro ed by Nebuchad-
! uezzlr, and The second by Titus, six hundred
years after The Romans would never under
take any business on the 18th OF February,
| dies AHtensis,) which was the anniversary Of
| the battle of AIlia, when the nation was almost
annihiated by the Gauls, The Carthagenians
had some superstition about the 22d Of August
Louis XI, of France, esteemed it an eyl
omen if any one spoke to him on business on
Innocenrs Day.
! There have been some remarkable coiuci-
dences of days in the lives Of distinguished
men. The same day Of the month has not un-
frequently been the day Of birth and death.
and the dae Of )me memorable event. Alex
ander the Great was born on the 9Th Of april.
On that dayh he won two Of the most important
victories, and on that day he died, On that day
his father, Philip, conquered Portldea; and on
that day Parmenia. Philips general, overcame
the Ilyri2ns Augustus was adopted by Ju-
Illus Cesar on the 18Th of August, and on the
I0th Of August he died The wife cf King
Henry the VII was born and died on the 1Ith
Of February. Sir Kenem Digby was born
and died OIL the 18th Of June he conquered
lat Scandaroon on the same day. His ePitaPh
| commemorate The coincidence:
Under this stone the n,atehless DigsY uOa---
| Digby the greaf, the valiant tlo wise
| This ages wonder for his noble parts
Skilled IN six tongues, and learned in al the arts;
! Born the day he died---the olev nth Of JuEo,
| On which ne bravelv fought seaHdasoon.
| lis rare thai one and sslfsane day should DO
4 His day Of birth, Of death, Of victory.
Raffaele was born and died on Good Friday.
Shakspeares birth day was also the day Of his
ieath-April 23d The 24tho Februaly was
thrice memorable to Charles Y, Of Spain, as
the day OF his birth, the day of his victory over
Francis. King of France, and the day on which
he received the imperial crown of Bonoma-
Charles II, of England, was bern and restored
to the throne on the 10th Of May. The 80 of
September was marked in the history of Crom-
we'll as the date Of the victory at Dunbar, also
of that at Worcester, and as the day Of his
death.
|
nalized in similar manner Tuesday was a
day of note to Beckett, the English saint On
Tuesday the Lords passed judgment upon him
at Northampton; on Tuesday he went into ox-
| lie; on Tuesday he had vision in which his
doom was foretold to him on Tuesday he died,
and ON Tuesday was canonized. Wednesday
was the lucky day of the celebrated Pope Sex
tus v. 1t was the day Of his birth; the dag on
which he was created cardinal; the day on
which he was elected Pope, and the day on
which he wes inaugurated. Henry called Sat.
urday his fortunate day, as that on which he
gained the battle of Bosworth, and that on
which he entered London. 1t is remarkable
that four of the Tudors i'm successor died on
lThursday, beginning with Henry VIII, the
second and ending with Elizabeth, the last of
the line.
Ancient calendars designate two days in
each month unfortunate, namely, Of Januo-
ry.the first and tenth. February the third and
fourth, March the first and fourth, April the
the ten tn and eleventh, May the third and sev-
Ienth June the tenth and fifteenth, August t1B
II first and second, September the third and tenth,
Il December the seventh and tenth. Each of these
days was devoted to some peculiar fatality
4 Whether the change of ststyle" introduced to-
wards the close of the last century, teraDQing
the calendar order, has affected the character
of these days, we are unable 10 say.
i For our own part we agree with Har8clitus
who blamed Hesiod for calling some davs lucky
and others unlucky, as not discerning that ithe
nature of every day Is the same" Aud 81
heartily subscribe to the saying ol 81 rHula
who, after mentioning that Zone man esteenl-
!, ethone DAY above another, another es.eeineul
leverv day alike,n adds, /" let every nun be iu
| llv persu1ded i'm his own mind. Christian
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