The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-27
sUPERsTIrIoNs OF cHrLDB,Rru

In Denmark children born on Sundays
nave characteristics by no means enviable.
Mr. Iorpe IN his Northern Mythology, ("
tells us that in Fyen there was woman
who was born on Sunday, and there.
iore had the faculty of seeing much that
was hidden from others. Unfortunately
on this account, she could not pass by the
church at night without seeing hearse
or specter; hence this gift became a
burden to her. She therefore sought the
advice OF a man skilled in such matters.
VINO directed her whenever she saw q
specter, to say, eco to heaven" but
when she met a hearse, "Hang on.
HappcMng some time aftcrwarL omset
hsssse, she, through forgetfulness,
cried out, "Goto Heaven" and straight.
way the hearss rose in the air and van
ished. Soon after, meeting a specter,
she said to il. Hang on" whereupon it
chung around her neck, hung on her back
and drove her down into the earth be.
fore it. For three days her shrieks were
heard before the specter would put an
end to her wretched life. yad v,i e
In the north of England women still
wear around their necks blue woolen
threads, or small cords, till they wean
their children, for the purpose of ward.
ing OH fevers, or as they are nicknamed,
weeds and onfas." These threads are
handed down from mother to child and
esteemed in proportion to their antiquity.
According to Yorkshire notion, new
born infant should be laid first in the
arms Of maiden before any one touches
1t, and in some places the infants right
hand is left unwashed, in order that he
may gather riches. 1t is, too, considered
very important by many that an infant
should 60 up in the world before it goes
down. Thus in Cleveland, says Mr..
Henderson, if child should be born in
the top story of house, for want of
fight of stairs one of the gossips will take
it across her arms and mount table,
chair or cheat Of drawers, before she car
ries it down stairs" In the north of
England, when an infant for the first
time goes out of the house, it is presented
with an egg, some salt, little loaf Of
bread, and occasionally with a small
piece of money--these gifts being sup.
posed to insure that the child shall never
stand in need Of the common necessaries
Of lifa Insthe East Riding Of Yorkshire
a few matchesssare added, to light the
child to heaven.
1t was, too, in former times customary,
and the practice in not yet obsolete, of
providing a large cheese and cake, and
cutting them at the birth of the child.
these were called the "Groaning Cake
and Cheese" and were distributed among
all the neighbors. In Yorkshire this
cake is termed the "Pepper Cake, and
in some localities the Sickening Cake"
1t is the source of a species Of vivination,
for, being cut into small pieces by the
medical man, it is divided among the un-
married Of the female sex, under the
name of dreaming Bread.' Each one
takes piece, places it on the foot of the
left stocking, and throws it over the right
shoulder. This being done, they must
retire to bed backward, without uttering
q word, and those who are lucky enough
to fall asleep before midnight are favored
with sight Of their future husbands in
their dreams.