The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-10-10

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Charos the horseman; the young walk
before him, the old behind, young
babes he carried on his saddle.
8. 1t is unlucky to pass through a
funeral, either between the carriages
or the files of mourners on foot. (Bos-
ton, Mass.)
This is a general superstition. The
custom, which has become instructive
with many persons, is usually set down
to the score of decency and propriety.
y Ii any one comes to funeral after
the procession starts another death
will occur in the same house. (Ohio.)
10. Whoever counts the carriages at
passing funeral will die within the
year. peabody, Mass.)
IL. The corpse must not pass twice
over any part of the same road. BALD
winsville, N. "
II. The funeral procession must not
cross a river. (Baldwinsville, N. W
l3. 1t is unlucky in funeral for
those present to repass the house where
death has occurred. Baldwinsville,
N. "
IA. At funeral, entering church
before the mourners means death to
some OF the entering party. Boston,
Mass.)
10. If one dies. and no rigor mortis
ensues, it indicates a speedy second
death in the family.
The superstition prevails in Great
Britain and on the continent of Europe.
16. The person on whom the eyes of
dying person last rests will be the
first to die. Boston, Mass.)
This seems to be form of widely
prevalent superstition that if the eyes
OF the dying person open of their own
accord one of his relatives will soon
follow. 1t is probable that the i'm
portance, from time immemorial, at
tached to the ceremony of closing the
eyes of the dead has for its foundation
not merely the natural propriety of
decent usage, but also belief kindred
to the above.
IL. The last name dying person
calls is the next to follow. (New
Hampshire
18. If three persons look at the
same time into mirror one will die
within the year. peabody, Mass.
New Hampshire
To break looking-glass is a sign of
death, or Of bad lnck for Sc zen years.
This is quite a general belief. Domes-
tic servants, and particularly super
stitious persons, are often thrown into
a panic by accidents of this sort.
(Niagara Falls, Ont.)
In Clum Forest Gas in Scotland) such
a breakage is said to be a death token.
In North Shropshire it means seven
years trouble, to which, in Cornwall,
is added, but no want 1t adds to the
i'll luck to preserve the broken pieces.
At Wellington any one who breaks
looking-glass will never have any luck
until he has broken two more-a rule,
however, which seems to apply to all
breakages. When l have broken
three l shall have finished" The folk
say: The third time pays for ALL"
In Switzerland, when the mirror
breaks, he is said to die who looked in
last. In Bohemia it means seven years
distress.
10. If, during sickness, pair of
shears be dropped in such a manner
that the point sticks into the floor, it
indicates the death of the sick person.
Central New York.
In Greece, if a pair of shears is left
gaping on a table, it is said that the
Archangel Michaers mouth is open,
ready to take the soul of some member
of the family.
20. To dance on the ground indie
ates disaster or death within a year.
(Boxford, Mass.)
As such dancing has been a univer-
sal custom it seems fair to conclude
that this superstition is local and
modern; the informant, however. an
elderly person, AYERS that she has al
ways heard it so said.
81. If thirteen sit at table the one
who rises first will not live through the
year. (Somerville, Mass
If thirteen sit at table, the last one
who sits down will not die that year.
(Brooklyn Mass.)
This superstition is universal in Eu-
rope. In Germany the victim is vari-
ously said to be the youngest, the last
who sits down, the one who sits under
the mirror. the first to eat or arise, the
one who seems sad and downcast. In
Tyrol, by way ofexception, the augury
only to ill-luck. In one Bohe-
mian town it is held to be true only for
a Christmas festivity. and the fate is
to all over the number of
twelve. In a recent newspaper an ac-
count was given of dinner in the in
terror of the State of New York where
the omen was supposed to be averted
by dividing the guests among two
tables. In the Netherlands it is said
that the one who sits under the beam
is traitor-a statement which points
to the paschal supper as the origin of
the belief, and this is certainly proba-