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

IHal Z llan HFeG tGAlefeuj auu, SIX HeeAs
later, it was truly 4 man child that was
born.
JPo be born with cadlvis lucky. | A
child born on Ghrlstmas- day orin chime
hours will be able to see spirits. H. Ia 80
bnBorn on Sunday, agsntlemsn; q diuvl
Bora on a Monday, far i'm face;
Born on a Tuesday, full OF grace; q
Born ON Wedifes day. sour aud grum;
Born oa a.Thursday WELCOME home; .,,~
Born on E Fri1dy, free Ia giving;
Born GA q Saturday, work hard for a living.
A May baby's always slekIy. You may
try, but you'll never rear it, Rock the
cradle when the baby ID net in it, and
the child will die. Childssn with much
down upon their arms or hands ara born
to be rich. A Child that does not cry at
baptism is too good to live If several
children are baptised together, aud the
girls ere taken to the font before the boys,
the boys will have no boards when they
are men Persons called Aguss al
ways 60 mad. If child's finger nails
Are cut before it ID year old, it will live
to be u thief. If they want trimming
within that age, they are to be TRAINED
by biting. If you wisa vol to your
friends Child, you must give 1t, when it
first COMES to. Your house, a cake, y little
salt, aud an egg When child has the
thrush, say the Eighth Psalm over it three
times daily for three days. Or you may
catch duck aad hold its bill wide open
ia the cLid's mouth The cold breath
Of the duck will cause the disease slowly
md surely to dspart Whooping- cough
never Will be taken by child that has
ridden upon a bear When bear batting
sss iR fashion, this belisf yielded part
Of his income 70 the bear owner. Roast
moase cures the measles. A consump
tive infAnt should be carried Through u
lock sf sheep as it is lot out Of the fold
carly in the morning. The Eeaaing Of
chiid should begin on Good Friday.
Between birth and death we may in
dulge ia thousands of these faucies which
are still credited By some people il Eng,
land. If | eat al egg ! must finish By
making hole ia the shell, or to witches
Tili sail cut in it to wreck tue ships
Aad, considering the price Of eggs, | may
refrain from burning eggshelis, because
if [ doEo tue hens cease to lay. If |
hays the cramp of uighta, may cross nay
sAoSs and stockings wheR | take them OF,
Or put my slippers under the bed with
the soleS upwards. fl have a stye in
the eye may pull hair out Of the tail
Of a black Cat aud rub the tip ninG times
over the pu-tuls. max know that am
going to receive money if Gnd spider
Oh my clothes, aud AN not bound to ae
cept Fullers moral to the saying. "rhe
moral 10 this such who Initiate the in
dustry of that soateinptiblS creature may, (,
by Ged's blessing, weave themselves into
wealth aud pressure Plentiful estate.
If meet white horse may know that
| must spit at it. l may rejoice 10 hav
lug teeth SET far apart, because that makes
me lucky and a traveller If my keys
or penknife, or any steel thing that |
have, will rust, in spite of my care, | may
De sure that somebody i. laying money
by for me. | may know how lucky it is
to fad Old iron aud hoard up old pot-lids
aud horse shoes discovered in the public
road by the fortune his thrifty habit ac-
cumulatss. Seyen years trouble but no
want, is the sentence | hear mystioally
pronounced upon me if break looking
giass Ifmy loft palm itchss, money goes
out; if the right, money comes in.
. Rub it 'gsinss wood, e.
'Tis sure TO cou9 good.
II my knee itches, | shall kneel in a
strange church; if the sois of my foot,
shall walk over strange ground; il the ell
bow, shall sleep with strange bedtel-
low. II my ear tingles, am to hear sud
dsn news II shivsr, or feel cold IN the
back, somebody trsads ever my future
grave. II my chesk burn, somebody
talks scandal sf NE If | hear singing
in my right ear, somebody PRAISES me il
in the left ear, somebody abuses nae, and
| may punish him by Dltlng sharply into
my swn littls 6nser: in 80 dong | bic
dis evil tongue. Ii have ny cloIhe,
mendsd on nv back, am to be i'll spo
kan Of At church [ may take good nc d
of the preachers text, kno~ing that al
text. heard in chuych will have to bs re
psAted on the Judgment d.g. If tn,
clock strikes while the text ia being Civ
en-, death may b expected ia the parish
OF course nay kaow thst it j, unlucky
to kill cricket, because cricksts brin.
luck to house, bat eat holes in the worst
cd stockings of those who destroy them
may know, too, that if kill bsesls /
is sure TO rain that | must not let feath
erbed be turned on sunday if | wish t.
keep my LUCK; that snseziDg on Monda,
hastens anger, bat that if | sneeEe ol
Sunday morning fasting | snail emo