St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-22
H0BG0BLINS AND SPIRITS.
Superstitions Handed Down From Ewes
Grandmother
To Mystify the People of the Present
Generation.
Infallible Signs Concerning Lncky
Days and Meal Time Accidents.

course; but the unenlightened? We'll, they
lend willing ear to the tales their great
grandmotherS told. and anXiouSly avOiC
everything that they fear may bring dis
aster or bad luck. 1t is really astonishing
when one thinks of it. to see how luxu
riously the weeds of popular superstition
continue to grow in spite OF all influences
OF higher religion and purer morality.
The day OF ones birth is no doubt an oc'
casion OF interest to ones immediate sur
roundings, to the prOgenitors especially
But that the particular day of the week or
which the birth takes place determines the
character and fortune OF the child is an as
sumption hOary with age. Children born
on Sunday are said to have the power OF
second sight or clairvoyancy. If new
born babe has particularly old look you
can conclude that it will not live to grow
up. Ii you have its picture taken before it
is year old it will meet with the same sad
fate. The same is said of children who are
allowed to play with flowers or who are
taken inside cemetery at this early period
of life
Furthermore, child under twelve
months must not be allowed to see its image
in the looking glass for fear of its becom-
ing vain later in life. If you look over a
chlld's head it will not grow any more. Ii
little children kiss each other before they
can speak they will never learn anything.
Ii little daughter resembles her mother
she will never have particle OF good luck
in all her lite. Ii a girl baby is given Its
mothers name it will not live. The same
is said of a son who is named after his
father. If. in spite of all the threatening
perils of infancy and youth, in spite OF all
bad omens and evil spirits, the child has
grown to maturity. whole world OF dan
gers will open before him. and he must
learn to read many signs and p0rtents if he
wishes to keep the good luck that has thus
far attended him.
Ii yonng man wishes to succeed in bust
ness he will not make his beginning on
Monday, though in Ireland it must be added,
this is an suspicious day, while in the
north of Scotland the mere mention OF
Monday the first time in company may
bring bad luck. Friday. of course. is day
of ill-Omen, on which no new work must
be commenced. Even among the Brah
Minis this feeling prevailed, and it has
prOpably come down to us as part OF our
Aryan Inheritance.
Our meals are seasoned with the same
nonsense. If one upSets the salt he will
shed many tears; so if he lays knife and
fork across each other. Ii you are single
and the first one to cut into the butter you
must wait seven years TO be married. Ii
you sit at the sharp corner OF the table you
will have a humpbacked wife. At the
change of the year dishes made of granny
substance are preferred; it is sign OF
money. So the first meal of newly mar
ried couple should consist of granulOuS
food. 1t is considered great wrong to
give away the end of a loaf of bread, as it
is to lay loaf which has been cut with
the cut side upon The table. Ii you lay it
upon the bed it will rest. SO will your bust
ness; so in regard to tools or implements of
any kind.
If you would sleep soundly and peacefully
the head of the bed must face the east; but
on no account must the foot be opposite the
door, for the person sleeping IN it will GER
.ainly be carried from it a corpse. Ii you
wish to sleep without dreaming, you must
put one shoe or boot under the bed, and let
the other lie in the room where it can be
seen. If you wish to awaken at a certain
lour, strike your big toe against the foot
broad five or six times, or whatever the
number of the hour may be, and your wish
will be fultled-you will awake at the pre-
cie moment. For lazy pupils it is recon-
mended to put the book containing the
lesson to be learned underneath the pillow
at night, and they will be sure to know it
in the morning. In the Highlands of Scot
land it is said that if a servant while
making the bed happens to sneeZe the
sleep of the person who happens to lie in
it will be disturbed, unless little of the
straw Tor other Subsrancel with which it is
stuffed is taken out and thrown into the
ire.
If. in dressing, you put on your stocking
wrong side out it is sign of good luck; but
you must leave it so. or the luck will change
before night. On the other hand, if stock
ing is put ON wrong side out on the we'd
ding day it p0rtendS disastrous union. Ii
you put stitch into any article of clothing
that is on your body you Will sew your
luck fast; and if there are any strings to be
tied or looSened While dressing you must be
careful not to get them into knot
If on going out of the house you forget
something you must under no circum-
stances turn back if you can possibly avoid
it; if you do, you must at any rate sit down
before going out again. If the first person
you meet is an old woman it is sign OF
coming misfortune. while. on the contrary,
a funeral procession denotes good fortune
If your left hand itches you will take in
money; if the right, you will pay it out. A
ringing in the right ear means that some
one is speaking well of you; in the left, you
may be sure that evil tongues are busy with
YOU. If your right eye itches you will see
ome beautiful sight; if the left, you will
have cause to shed tears. If your nose
q cues YOU will hear some news or-Will
fall into the mire,
III strangers OF opposite sexes resemble
each other you can wager thousand to
one that they will be married if they meet.
provided they carefully avoid using the
words ''if'' and but" or give them
proper turn when used. You must never
give shoes or stockings to any one whom
you wish to retain near you; if you do he
will surely run away. If lover presents
a knife or any sharp instrument to his be-
trothed their love will be cut asunder I'M
less he takes pin or something similar in
exchange.
If you are to be married in church you
must leave the house hand in hand and, be
the steps ever so narrow, you must descend
them together; if you let go of each other
it will bring separation. either in life or
death. He who looks around on the way
to the wedding is looking for another; and,
if the wedding ring Is lost, it forebodes
that the couple will not life long together.
Making Even.
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