The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-31
Some Popular Superstitions.


her a disappointment. This same lady
had a passion for the rocking chair and
whenever she got up out of one stopped
its rocking. If she had not, she said, the
next person who sat in it would fall ILL.,
When her right hand itches, it is sign
she will shake hands with a stanger, and
if the thrill occurs to the left, it signifies
to her the receipt of money. Her hus.
band, who is O popular low comedian,
believes firmly that to break a looking
glass foretells death, because his father
fell in fatal apopleptic fit, while shav.
ing. and broke the mirror in his tumble.
The old superstition of thirteen at Ia
BILE is we'll known. Not long ago the
writer dined with friend, whose guests
and family made up that. fatal number.
The host. sent the! oldest son away to
obivate the dreadful consequences. Yet
this same gentleman laughed at his wife
when she suspended fancy horseshoe
over the front door on New Years Day
for good luck.
There are plenty more omens to order.
If your left eye itches, you will cry
before the day is over; but if it happens
to your right, you will laugh, hear good
news or see some one you love. If your
foot itches, you will walk on strange
ground, which is to go on a journey, and
The same performance to your knee prog
nosticates guest. It is unlucky to lay
your knife and fork crosswise, to see the
new moon for the first time over your
left shoulder, to .fnd a knife or razor, or
cross funeral procession. If You sing
during a meal. you wilE soon encounter
disappointment, as, any. one who would
be guilty of such an impoiteness de-
serves. If dog, bays uLaer your win:
dow it portends, sickness. and the howl
ing of dogs is a. sure sign of death7:-to
the nights rest of any one in earshot.
To find q pearl in an oyster betokens
good fortune, of course, aud q four.leayed
clover is equally desirable and about
az rarely, met with. To carry a
cat with you when you move
is bad luck, but to have strange cat
walk into your house is good-.:for the
cat, doubtless. A bee buzzing about the
room is sign of a letter, as we'll as that
some one will be stung if he is not care
full. The Growing Of cock at early
morning, or, the. dropping Of scissors,
knife ETC., which sticks in the floor, fore
tells visitors. ITO have money in your
pocket at new moon, means that yeu
will not be- broke for. month and to
stumble in going up stairs, is promise
that you will not be married for "a twelve
month. On the, contrary, If. four per
sons cross hands while shaking, two
will get married. soon; and if three:
unmarried people of the same, Christian
name meet at the table, they will all be
welded within year. Itlis. .aibad omen
to postpone q marriage after the appointed
time. ... SO; -: :cisr -
Many people will not present knife
or scissors without getting a cent, at least.
in return. as it. would cut friendship.
Young ladies should not present their:
sweet hearts with slippers, as they will
certainly walk away with their affections.
The loss Of a garter means that of. a
lover, and to break a needle while maxi
ing a garment betekens that, the owner
will iliye.t ,wear it oukl To:be startled
by snakeis.a sign of sickness; If you
break ashpestring or lose a button from
your gaiter your. sweetheart is going to
prove unfailhful, and to, find money is
unlucky-for,the loser, atany rate. 1fa
housewife drops piece ofbread with the
buttered side down she will have hun.
cry visitor, and all any one else has to doto
make sure of q fair day is TO eat all the
food on the table at the time. There is
luck, in odd numbers and Andy John
son had firm, faith in them. He used to
back it up by showing that he had seven
letters in his name; at twice seven
(fourteen) he becamea tailor's apprentice
Though tie luck in that is not. very
clear !, he worked seven years, was free
at thrice seven; ltwenty-ope).; was, made
State Congressman i'm &yea times seven
(1S35), and an NJ. g. in 1926 He entered
the Senate at the age of forty-nine, was
made Military Governor of Tennessee on
March Z, 1862, and! in 1865, aged ffy,six, ,
was elected Vice.P President-which, was
about the iqnluckiest thing, that ever
happened to him, most people would
say. ~ n. - .G J.. ,4l-.z-.
All those are household omens which
find belief in the most unlikely places.
Another isithat.if you make a rhyme by
change while you are speaking and utter
q wish before you. say, anything more
aloud i will: be, fulfilled. So if you have
q Dream in q strange. bed and tell it
before breakfast it Lwill come to pass
Criekets inia house, are luck If they 60
away.,it,. betokens death. The poor,
harmless little hammer.tick or death:
watch is terrific omen to some people,
dndacoal in-the shape. e.ef a coffin flying
dut~ of the fire at any one fotedooms him
to death. Sailors are very suparstitious.
To lose mep or q water bucket FOR throw
4 cat overboard,si eunlucky. Whistling
'brings on wind; children create good
fortune for the ship they voyage Ih, and
:clergynden, cri3Gholy. Joes," ~ bring bad.
10 make a. mistake of word, in writing
4 letter is a sign that the request 1T EN-.
bodies will be refused, and to drop q let
ter OF dry,it before fpein to- make sure
thatrit will go astray.a Itching at the
nose and the biting of q fee mean COM
penv..a Nelson bad "a horseshoe nailed to
the mast offthe Victorypfor luck He
died on. her deck. White .specksnGn the
p nails predict. various events, according to
location. .':oi ..;as'=.li'i
: A friend iof the reporters will transact
,Io business from II to inethes day.
Another niakes.a point of giving an aims
to beggar before he commences the
labors Of the, day. a storekeeper up
:town has built stand in front:of his
place for q little hunehback applesven.
der because his name happens ito be- the
same as his own. One of our best known
newspaper editors will not write a letter
'or article with ink, on the general ;prin.
'ciple that iifIhe does neither will be
worth reading. A leading literary light
istll writes with the same penholder he
used in inditing the first article to press
lever accepted from him, more than a
generation ago. It may be lucky to
Throw shoe after a bride, but not long
,tro, ubo on thiu nparatio,1 yyaa neYforme ed