Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-18
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BeIfefs and Customs for Which aDo IN esa
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Beliefs and Customs for Which ID m esa
If nala tir Poulery nps IR 4srso onsibtS.
Crosse tells us thetft fs unlti6ky To see
one nlagpie and afterw ard severafJ Jothbrs
but, on Che other hand. If two mag pies
are seendt lie a sign of an, iappr6aehing
wedding; three, Off prospe 1lqg91eyi
and four, that some good, newsv' Will be
received Another authority Atatesl that
a Wedding Is presaged by three magples.
!, and a. death by four; and aoo6rditia to
an iofldtgscotcpfh d rhyme au9ted BY Dt;
b oreYerholi sld nnt.j oeirl sld olilw OF
Q lao onessorrow two's mirthi ID oi aRHd mi
aI1hrebs a wedding fopt's a bhth h9Nlll3 81
y fyes a christening. six q aeattA etc, Gi
y That it is ,unlucky to /, have lpeacodks
feathers i'm house, says "Chathberis
Journal is firmly believed lbynflany
people, this piece Of superstHi9h MOST
probably having its origin In theostbfy
of Angus who was changed irtosa pea
coek.0 his hundred eyesa4of.l in Other
words, spices NJ becoming at the same
time the eye7spots on the ltailfeathers
of that bird. tE 1l e2mruH 10 idgt1 odl an
B. tits only natural that boHr d0tndIasti6
poultry during their long association
with man, should have given mise to
many superstitious beliefs and oustohsy
Thus, from the days Of the, saheieht$g
cockerels have been used as 'auguEies,
and much Importance has also been ats
tached to the behavior of fowls GENERALLY.
The growing of hen is considefPd iunI
lucky and In some localities Is looked
upontAsl, q foreboding of death. More
over, the hen that Is able to sing, like
herspouse does not appear to gain 3 Rdry
enyiable reputation by the aocomplish-
ment for "A wel[knOwn adage1i iassefts
thRtoI ydo.ntf .enu's nhj yiihlohhilN Iui
'a IA whisting maid and growing hon hNH "
'l are neither good for God or men. ''',"" .%, -s
!, The cock, however, can crow to hts
hearts content, so long as she does 1t at
reasonable times and the people living
arophddo not object to the, noise In
fact, it Is MS well, perhaps, thathe should
crow. Tor 1T is an acknowledgement that
byhis voice all respectable ghosts are
regulated, and, that at the first sound of
,"cocki ia-doodle-doo" they must, d ceasb
wandering among the living dnd hastbni
beck to Hades. ul1tP 'dl ta q 2a- IL
: Gtissaid that in Persia the growing or
q coGk is accounted lucky or otherwise,
acc0rdtngI to- the time at which IL IS
heard, and should any misguided fowl
SO far forgot himself as, to- efqW, at IN.
unlucky hour, he is forthwith. killed for
.hisr-pains--a custom, it Is to be hoped,
which has its proper moral effect on the
Persian poultry. ~. ,,. ,.,,, ,'..!... ..e.55 :.
Foitplately for the present genera
tion, itheococks of modern farmyard
are nUt IN, the habit OF laying eggs. In
olten times, however, they do 4otiap-,
pear to have been SO eoneitleraia, and
'medieyal lpOultry.keepers suffered much
anxiety in cs@sequence,, for they held IL
to be a, vel ell-apthenticdted fact that d
cocks egg hatched byti viper woUlat
produces % ooekatrice, which was mon,.
isteE, hilt reptile. half bird, SO yenorneps
that you'd kill a man by merely look e :
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