St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-02-19
A FEW SUPERSTIrIONS.
THEIR INFLUENCE UPON THE WEAK
PIRseNs WHO ARE INDUCED BY
"OMEss'' IT'D Do Foolish THINGs

Gently in q pong1ng raan hiiia-
somtly-,lrt ssrd lady was seen I"
top sud i-Hlg. and sto,ping ON the
~et pavement puck up carefully u
'omiBtsn Ian
Accidents some imes occur. tn
the feminine toilet which render n
PIN for the Instant. one OF tine most
valuable ef possessions. and the
natural suppuation was that ssarli +"
,ne had Def lien the lady III gu s.
ton. But no, she merely ,Ir"rp' d
the pin int, her purse aud quieti.,
went her way, while We Recalled 'is-
rh,me f.um Mother Go.se, mr.
thrifty than practical:
See pin anil pick it mp.
Ali the day you'll have good luck;
See u pin AMI let it lay.
bad iuck you'll have all day.
The sup, rstit;on is II common
one, shared by nll classes, ant
doubtless uri.iG .is,i III pnst ayes
Mln Il pms w'.e scrct ami valuable.
ae uiltu nss.r !; luu,' u as an IN
Stance: oI 81 pJcn ulrArde econoni.
tuat he was never huu%u tn pass {;
pm with,,ut picking it up. bat the
question ls ian open one whether
me fact WAS due ti motives of thrif'
or supply To the ui.i saper>tltI"n.
Tins Is tie sea>nn OF building.
and it is curious To observe nu".
Mhen u laduer is erected against 1t
"all, m"ny persons-in faci, tln
m j"ri y of p.,s,ers-by go ro,lnu
Il, cut into the street. rather ihaI:
pass un.ier. although danger to lit.
or limb from SO doug tnere Is all
,ulutely nune. Aud of those who
sturdlly walk under probably NOR.
han one remembers unrvinf,.rtub.,
tie ill luck hlrn is said 10 attenu
The act
Tie evil repute which attaches to
Friday is ell-nigh world. wide.
Auong s.ilors the prejudice against
tnis day is especially prevalent
In order to disprove and counter
act it in some measure wealthy En-
glish sHP-builder once built yes-
sci which was begun on Friday and
finished Friday, christened The
FIR, day," and launched on Friday,
It was with much difficulty that
men were found to man her. but
tempted by high wages u crew was
at last obtained and sue set sail on
Friday. Unfortunately fol the sue
cess of the experiment she was
never heard of again.
BESIDES the prominence which
FRIDAY has attained every ay o,
ne week has its sup, rstl;ions ut
tached and Is oI good ur .vlI omen
With most of them the rrauer l.
probably familiar. yet All ar,lcie oi
| tnls kind would hardly be cunipirt,
| Without Some eLuuierution of th,
most c,;mnIru:
| sunday c.ild ne'er lncks in pl.ce;
4 VI y
iues,iay's child is tuil ot gfuct;
| Medn, slay's chIii Is sour an sad;
ihrrs lays cniid Is loving ami gi..:
fridays child is loving and gl'lns'
And saturdays caild snaii work Tor Its
living.
Sneeze on Monday, you sneezo for
danger;
Sneeze on Tuesday, you kiss q stran-
ger;
.,nesze on Wednesday. You sneeze for
a letter;
-neezs on Taursiay. fof som ething
better;
Sneeze on a Friday. you sneeze to your
sorruw:
Sneeze on a ur1ay, your sweetheart
tomorrow;
Sneeze on n sunday. your safety seek.
The devil will cnase you the whole o'
the week.
Cut your nails on Monday. yon cut then
Cut them on Tuesday. a pair of new
| s.IOrs;
Cut them On Wednesday, you cut then
|
n, tuem ON Thurs lay. ',wiil all l.
| Nuur wealth,
ut them on rri4as. YOU cut them 10
Voc,
ut then ON Saturday. joainey You:
20;
Lut tnetu on SUNDAY, .on cut taein TO-
evil.
or ii. tae week long yaG'li b ruled :,
tie ueyI..
The Inst Ia6 oiasiis resas,.iae
oRI .i.v inast Lave "ilSihated in th'
days vnen ii Was u penal "rt- ii>'
u .,r a man to kiss Lis vile Oh Sun
Isla,, and When M.ichised, C Jones
ii. pnt III the -tu Ks for calling Vi
nis su cetnearf ons Sabbath evening
EfrIer.. nre iutoli1enk aud v Mel.-elu