Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-12-11

is lucky day; because +" our msgnan-
imous magnificent sovereign, James II,
was born. on that augural day )" because
that day
Gave the Norman duke
That victory when he Engands scephe touA
because Edward III. safely landed on
that day after his tempestuous voyage
from France because the siege of Calais
by the French king was frustrated on
that day and because on that day, in
1857, treaty of peace was signed be-
tween Rome, France, and Spain. When
date is said to have some connection
with particular state of tho weather,
the assertion is worthy Of little more
attention; since modern meteorologists
have found themselves justified in look.
ing out for meteors on certain days in
August and November. and since tho
sans place in the ecliptic may have
much to do with the weather therefore,
when it is stated that the feast of St.
Barnabas, and that of st. Simon and
St. Jude (June 11th and October 2sth)
are likely to be stormy days; or when
it is stated by Dr. Forster in his Pcren-
NAL Calendar, that the 18th Of Septem-
Der is fine in sixt years out Of seven
the assertion may possibly rest rather
upon science than upon superstition.
Particular days of the week, sgain have
had of soma persons. Stow remarks
that Thursday was connected with many
disastrous events in the career of Henry
Nd ,f l.
published during the rel sn of Charles l..
discoursel on the unlucky characteristics
oftkree Mondays in the year-namely,t thu
first Monday in April, as that on which
Cain was born and Abel was slain the
second Moaday in August, as that on
which Sodom and Gomorrah were des-
troyed; and the last Monday in Deccm-
Der, as that on which Judas was born.
In the old Statisti cal Acc >unt of Scot
land. un Ter tha heading of Logierait in
Perthshire, Ia, inhabitants ofth, par
ish are spoken of as being prone to ths
belief in lucky and unlucky days. The
day of the week on which the 14th of
May happens to fall. for instance, is
d decmed unlucky throue h all the remain
der Of the year. Ia fevcrs, the illness
is expected to be more severe on Sunday,
than on other days of the week; if easier
on Sunday, relapse is feared In the
parish Of Kiskw.ll, the same authority
states that many Of the inhabitants will
neither go to scA in search of fish, nor
perform any sort of wo,k at home," on
certain days of the year.
In Caithness, mo gentleman Of tho
name Of Sinclair will put on green appar-
ell, or think of crossing the Ord, upon
Monday. Thcy were dressed in green
and they crossed the Ord upon Monday
on their way to the battle Of Flodd,n,
where they for5lt ltanl tell il tn. cause Of
their country, almost without leaving
OF their name behind taem.
The day ana the d.ess are accordingly re-
gardcd as inauspicioas. If the Ord must
be got beyond on Monday, the journy
is preferred by sea- Supposing thefe
statement to be true. in reference to the
time when Sir John Sinclair collected
tn, m ltosials for his valuable work, it
would be interesting 10 know wcthcr the
subsequent pr;: / has been marked by
any changes in the popular belief in
in question.
Bur Friday Is the unlucky day, par
ccce'ience, according to the opinion OF
the million. Singular, indeed, is it TO
notice how wide spread is this csedence
or crcdulity Some writers, who claim
to know all about the chronology Of ear
" events. even to days and hours, tell
US that A lam and Eve ate the forbidden
fruit on Friday, and died on Friday;
hence the inauspcious Characteristics
of that day. Others have picked out \
few Fridays in connection with events
and persons at the time of the introluc.
ton of Christianity. and have made poor
Friday responsible for ever afterward,.
For the greater part, however. the dc
tum has been accepted without any troub-
lcsome inquiry into its cause or author
ity; we know that the cat breaks every.
thing, no other culprit coming forward:
and on some such principle. Friday il
selected as a sctpesolt among the days
of the week. The Spaniards have
pretty general opinion that it is unlucky
to begin any enterprise on Friday; and
the Finlanders couple that day with
Monday in the same bad list. The Sta
tistical Account of Scotland. already
quoted. tells us that half century ago.
in some parts of Banfshire, few persons
would choose to be married on Friday"
Richard Cpar de Lion was killed on
Friday. and the event was chronicleli IL
a ballad, IN which Friday is frownsl up.
pom forever more. A Shropshire adag'
holds the balance evenly between thi'
day AMI the other days oftha woek. Fo;
it announces that Friday has always
either the best Oh the ,rorst weather IN
the week. Seamen are the most redoubt-
able defenders of the ill-Friday theory;
they generally dislike to start for voy-
age on that day; and some ofths bluff
old admirals AMI captains are believed
to retain the prejudiees in this matter
mbibed in the early days when they
served before the mast. In l848. il waS
whispered at one of our southern portA
that the port-admiral had delayed tho
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