, 1880-12-19

| aple Tor Ills good luck or fortune.
, beaumant and Fletcher, In 1.-THE Hone
Mans Fort'lne,'' refer to 1t thus:
CAPTAIN, your shoes arc old; pray put 'em @
And let one fling 'em after u.s.
Instances without number Of this supers1
I1on misht De quoted, so prevalent an artic
: OF faith was it in days gone by. The cusro
HAS NOT DIED OUT,
for IN Norfolk, whenever servants are goir
aItef new situations, a.Shoe is thrown aftt
them, with the wish that they may succce
IN what they are going about. Some yeal
whale-fishery left Whitby in Yorksl,ire' Y.t t
wives and friends Of the sailors threW ol
shoes ut the ships rs they passed the pie
head. This practice is frequently observe
III towns on the seacoast, and correspond
ent OF Notes and Queries Informs us that o
one occasion, when at Swansea, he receive
shoe on his shoulder which was intende
Tor young sailor leaving his home to EN-
bark up0el trading voyage. Tennyson, il
speak OF it:
>" For this thou shnlt from all things seek
Marrow Of mirth and laughter;
And Whcrcsoe'er thou move, Good Luck
| = Shall throw her old shoe after"
AS an emblem Of good luck and prosperity
an old shoe is in most places thrown witt
much enthusiasm
| AT 4 BRIDAL COUPLE.
| Various explanations, however, have beer
assigned 1Or this popular custom. Some
think it was originally intended as shan
assault on the bridegroom for his carrying
III otd uio nraae anu llence Is survival Or the
hrie f1tharys a.1oi, ~ Tppnyh ~ ctPGulng t
was in former t;m..' e,s,.,h,, lts's s nv s1e
lion OF dominion or authority over her by
the shns hr thn hr;da .,n, a,u u.e s,a ncsflpt u
1isnfai woc -" Nv n,"", 4ot fsen u acca.
wos tro,sfarred ~ r. Ie" h;n, sas ,, tie ~ MatLity
tha reca.;,,;,, 81 ~ @ .t. I 1nus' III .e nlole,
ern,hnI ,s.nEt; ~ . o.'oe ma - Gsu:ase anu
n,vnarst;ns tha =" ,,;n eIp.s Ii nno"il,1loi or
",.,mhi ~ o;.t Wy ta'iA o.tSA lHe siloe, eIle
- = nnt -. le!sGstiuE VI 1e;tslilfg II. LII
neHteIohoinE," f0f example, the ceremony
OF widow rejecting her husbands brother
III marriage Is NY
LooS1Sti Ills SHOE FROM OFF Ills FOOT:
and in "Rut{1'' we find that att was tha
custom in Israel concerning changing that a
man plt,cSed off his shoe aid delivered it to
evidently mt unknown to the early Chris
tians. When the Emperor Vladimir made
proposals of marriage to the daughter OF
i.aEn1'.o' sMe TelnSed llim, saying She would
!i H. s.he u! ner shoes 70 .he son OF Save. >.
~ t!ste an1 Is !! lMssage IL Gfesofy or Iours
ssys rhs n bfdegrooa haSns Si sIEpSas gSen rps nc
~ ~ tle H!!,'et,p n.eee, pseSeRss M naf With soe"
.,,d ~ -. h'enelet i4l1e ol Lutner we aretolu
llHtT & ane faen1 NeIotner was at the wedding
eanGmst11 20 1e tha irh ;tsI Sappc[ WAS oyer ne
6pdesroo 1 & efo to eonmon a soa eas .ne
TOM, he ought 70 oc master III his own house
WHEN HIS NIFE WAS NOT THERE;
and, for a symbol, lie took off the husbands
ernen1ent" Throwing tie old shoe after The
welded pair was also no doubt Intended, we
arc told, rs m angury OF long life to The
bride. Another reason is given in the sub
aWhcn Britons bold
Welded Of oid wv"
Sandals were bnckwor1 thrown.
The pair to tell
rho ,ct uas r.s' ~ ~ tfair tir Me1l, a.yn .
7, ron,o n,rts. ~ L-ent ~ +ha % a ,n,r,or - .hoo.
~ r,s''4;e owo - sio ~. ~ .G anTt y. snoe
that .ffer M r. The % .lenart,,re nf the hrida and
M in me rn,v nntf ms hoche]nrs N annthor
lV,,n,, th1,s arr,nsraG M oifs sna - Is thrn,,.n
nc far as nossihia shic, tfe in11;ea - run f"r
ti,o winner heino snnnosad r. 1AA 'oA'
1,o w.. .r.1,, s11:s,r ~ ~, -, ,r
~ nv W TIE f1isst CHANCE Of MARRIAGE
size then throws the shoe ut the gentlemen,
when tho first who gets 1t Is believed |
to have the same chance Of ,matrimony.
Nyaln, III MS History OF tne Isle Of Man,
ailalng 10 tnls custom: 1ell us tlat, On the
orldesroom leaving ms house, it was GUS
.oMnTy 10 throw an olds snqe atter MIN. and
n Ike manner IN OLD shoe after the
)rlde on leaving her home to proceed
% chnrch, 10 insure good luck to
,ach respMectIyely; Pee Il, 100, by stratagem.
,i..Iei ~ VI ae tIiuc Sllues cou!u oe taken OF
y aits SPcets'tor ~, lleI way from chufct, it
lad 70 pe ra1somed oy the brldegroOm.'' In
orkSh1re tile ceremony OF shoe-thrOWin@ |
Sas known as thrnshlng, and the older
ae siloe 1he efeater tne lnck. lettering to
ne Cohtlnell1' lne Germans nave custom OF
nIoWing i ~ tng prlueS ~ shoe among tne guests
n e..ttimn- If is cons;,Ierpti tn have avars No.
,eet OF a speedy marriage. Thorpe mentions
custom it, his :" North German Mythologvo
iii, I59), for the mother Of the bride to
srpEu n11:r. ~ f,rt, c1,ors
a. ,,,u .1:.... 49, - - .t..a.s
io'to"o ~, " net soli1i, W tuo GnuAen' 'as1ns:
sai.' 1i!' cease ceas not 1ot from "lh'
w.. .-:.'a 2ss'', .s'@e. ...:.,e-,. a.s' ,.,,
ne plNe ana bridegroom also stfeW dlll
no SAT- II 1neaf SHOES rs protectlon against
illcncfalE among the feruVlans IT was
orlnerly CUSTOMARY when 4 man wished to
CT 1atner,S colsent. ne put on ner 1oot q
artlclllar KIND OF shoe, IN which he led her
MS home. II she had never 3ccn married
e1ore: me shoe was OF WOOL; II widow, 1t
rs rs o1 rush,.
While speaking OF shoes IN relation to mar
age, We may quote tne following anecdote
corded hy correspondent OF Notes md
'tcTtcs. he says: An octogenarlan OF my