The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06

pulsive Ireland does this superstitious
feeling find deep root, but there is no
country in Continental Europe where,
in one form or another, the same idea
does not prevail. The reason is lost in
the impenetrable mists of the past.
The cruci6xion Of the Saviour occur
ring on that day is believed to be the
cause among Christian nations, no
matter what may be their theological
differences, and the folk lore of all
countries abounds with dreadful ex-
amples of i'll fortune following the be-
ginning Of a venture on Friday. In
parts of Ireland and Scotland are many
almost forgotten bits of doggerel
which have descended through gener-
ations, and two lines of one of these
run:
Aye! Thursdays match will happy be,
But Fridays sure shall sorrow see,
and this is the burthen of many flu
gitive piece which nearly every reader
can recall. Among sailors, this super
stitioa regarding Friday has great
weight, although not nearly so much
as it had at one time not many years
back. Very few of the old-time salts
even to-day will start on a long voy7
age on Friday, and the shipping lists
show that the departures on that day
are less than on any other, Sunday, of
course excepted, in the week.
SOME CLERICAL VIEWS.
Clergymen are proverbially opposed
to getting into print" over their own
names, and in three or four of the cas-
es whore information was applied for,
after a courteous reception and a full
explanation, the stereotyped addition
(" Please, don't print my name," was
given. Said one prominent Presbyter-
ian clergyman, the pastor of leading
church, No, | don't think our people
have any superstitious prejudice
against getting married on Friday,
while admit that less number get
married on that day than on any other
day of the week. The reason?' Well,
! regard it as simply an ordinary coin
cidence-that is all. Suppose you take
the statistics of the accidents. They
don't run on any day in particular, do
they?" The reporter acknowledged
that such was the case, but urged that
marriage was not an accident. "No,"
replied the clergyman, laughing, it's
usually matter of design, but really
[ don't think in the Presbyterian
church-that is among the educated
classes of the people-there is any OBJ
lection to that day any more than any
other day of the week.
A Roman Catholic priest said 5" Yes,
there can be no question but what
there is deep rooted prejudice among
our people to Friday marriages, and
attribute it to the superstition Of the
lower classes SO prevalent abroad. ]
find Irish and Germans alike the same,
not that have ever spoken to anyone
on the subject, but by reference to my
books / can see that there are not two
per cent OF all the marriages l have
Isolemnized recorded on a Friday
Two other clergymen of different de-
nomination Baptist and Methodist)
that there seemed to be a prejudice
against Friday as marriage day, but
! both secuted the idea that superstition
had anything to do with it,
"Then how do you account for ii? ?"
at is simply matter of choice for
the parties concerned, and they gener-
ally want to get married as early in
the week as possible SO as to get set
tied down properly when Sunday comes
round"
But still the records show that Fri
day of all days of the week is the one
on which most people do not care to
enter on the matrimonial voyage of
life