The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-10-06


i Ii al unmarried person happens TO b.
i placed at dinner between man and wife
that promises; marriage within the year
| Aihen you frst see the moon In the new
year, take oa, one stocking aud run to {
stils, there you will End, tucked under
your great toe, . hair of the same color
as your lovers. the first egg laid by q
pallet is the Iackisst thing q man cal
present to his sweetheart Men must
never go aauEting on. Friday. La some
Lancashire villages they pursue, hons
WITH pokeg9and tongs and tin kettle mu
sic whoessr breaks this rule. y LII the 6re
burns brightly when it ID poked, the ab-
sent lover Is in good spirits. Persons
about 40 marry, when they meet male
acquaintance, are, desired TO rub their el-
bows. When a newly married couple
first come home, bring in hsn aud make
| it cackle A maiden VINO desires to know
which Of her lovers rsally care for her,
names each as shc throws an apple pip
into the tire; if the pip cracks, the love
Is hearty. A giri shel!ing peas, when
she finds peascod with nine peas 10 it,
must lay it on the threshold of tho kitell-
Gu door: the first bachelor vino crosses it
will love her. Two people Oh the point
Of being married, should fret loosen ali
the knots aud ties about their clothes,
aud afterwards proceed to fasten them
again privately. Be sure when you get
married that you don't go in at Que door
aud out at the othar. w ichever sleeps
irst on the marriage night will be the first
to die. So there arise now marvels con
corning death
Avid bee, that is abumble-bas, entering
aroon, gives warning Ofdsath. So does the
growing Of d hen, so does she squeaking Of
mouse behind the bed of = sick person.
If the door Of LearSe be closed before
the mourners are sll la the coaches, there
will be another death in the family. Ii
4 COW breaks iCto your garden there will
be death in your house within six mon tbs,
The gentleman who sends note of this su-
peratitIon adds the singular fact that it
was niSls known to him By the breaking
of three cows into his own garden, when
an Old house servant griesed that there
would be three deaths in the family with
ia six months-and there were. The
| third was that Of son-io law, iuto whose
garden, also, COW broke some weeks be-
fore hs died. Nobody can die on bed
in which there are pigeon Or game feath-
ers. This Ii a widespread belief, eaSlly
confirmed to the ignorant by proofs like
the following. which were adduced by a
Sussex laborer against scepttc: ''Look
at poor Muster S., how hard he were
q dying; poor soul. hs could not die ony
way, till neighbor Puttick found out hoS
it wer. Muster s. says he, we be
lying on geame feathers, mon, surely
and 80 he we're So ~s took IA out o bed
AID laid IA Oh the fSors, aud he pretty
soon died theu!" The last thing man
longs to eat seems to be pigeon, 4 very
! re-. peclable farmers wife being applied to
for some pigeons wl.ich a sick nan fan
eied he could eat, said, ''Ah poor fellow,
is hs 50 far gone? A pigeon is general
Iy almost the last thing the3 want J.
have supplied many one for the like
purpose" If a pigeon is seen sitting on
Il tree, or enters house, or from being
Wild grows tame, that is sign OF death.
| If any bird tlies into room aud out again
by an open window, mat is sign of death
among the inmates Of the house. The
soul may be seen going out as steam or
blue vapor about five minutes after
death Then every lock in the house, OF
boxes az we'll as of doors, should bs un-
fastened It used TO be thought that the
first pains of purgatory were Inflicted by
the squeezing of the soul between the
hinges, aud that leaving doors and lids
unlocked sHd open causes to the depart
ing free, painless escape. The Engsr-
Ing look Of mothers love upon dying
child, prevents the Hestibg of-its soul,
and the child struggles in vain to die, till
the compassionate eyes OF the mother are
syertsd. . ...s..
That is an eye Of holiness; but there
| is also an evil eye, which causes Death
An old woman had rosary of luck :
stoues-thAt is TO say, OF stones with
holes ia theln---hupg up IN her cottage
She owned unvillingiy to a friendly lady
that Is was meant for protection again-i
the evil eve. "Thy. Nanny" said the
lady, "you surely don't believe in witch
es uo~-a days. "No 1 don't say at !
do; but certainly i lormer times there
was si1Aards aud bu1zardS, aud then
sort . things" "Wel," answered thc
iady, laughing, but you surely don
think there are any no~ Z" "No. DON,
say az ther' are; bat | do believe in I
yevil eye " As &C the old lady buz4rds
there is story ia Yorkshire of an igno
rant person being asked If he ever ssic
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