The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1890-03-01
SUPERSTITION IN RouMAnlA.
Oircrvsn~e. whIch Are Required Co In.
sure Personal Saf~f Old iIriirG.


Countless are the rul~r~'itiois winch gov
ein The daily lie ~ the i,%oumnnian. aud the
Of which are rcfuir,d To in ur' his
safety IN the ri'ist IL the myster OTIS dan
Ccrs which .urruui,i BIN Nciiaer OH We'd
nssday nor Friday shoill he take tread or
uc needle ur scissors. nor should u ~ba:.rniD
b. rorriudci ci thos, lays. On Tuesday no
s'iTniug Shou,d liz done, and there IL even
danger IN washing the hand or cuiiib'n. the
hair May the spirit II Tuc-dIy cvcni 3
carry yea Or l. cV'iyaleu, to s,:irs ".day
tic devil take >cui" Neither sanuld aas
o. rnte the mistake Of surprising tha; ii
the cu'npar tt..ely lucky Jays OF Monday,
Thursday u;id SATURDAY bu liuy safely do ~
hc lea -. One NAV st,c,d 10 the house
III vns.i on TburAlny and spin on .ss;Gr
4 bni terrible Consequences would v;a..c
SHOULD this order lie reversed. IL L. true
t!rt Thu 81. " j. Il llc!;y LAY for marriages.
but il is most inauspiciou. for lcld labor.
lte exact ioir Of nuJa IL always q Ian
gcrou~ mo.na,t, AMI so IL midnight. IL Is
s1iCr to le in tho lioi..nH az t.,c.r times. Ttc
niri,t before I.is,cr Slrday witches an. do
mons are about. AMI la'ncs bci;Tiy til. III, Of
hi,.iul treasures. Nom. !,ut the Iir-t racs
lss ,nasG.t, however, Would tidrc enirNgIi-
are the treasures thus rrv,~;'ci, FOR ~ tSat
night they can:ioi bo ta.!:ca vi; boat ,ii y
wligluind shows that tho dell il iEnriiig
with Il witch, umI whoever cv,ac, !icI" tie
circle riny ic swept oily to he'll. One s'io.,d
neither lcilt ut the rainbow nor Il: al APP
IrGlcliLc storm, all "fu hou~c struck by
lightning higgins to bnr;i, IL IL not allowed 10
Iyt cut no iiani"s, lccaugc God has lit tho
+ (, and /, worc lrcslnip.uors for man to
dare incLiic WITH his work Nii5evcr turns
three so;ne"saults the Grst tinio he hears tho
thunder viii b. free froiu pains in the back
To- the following ycrr. 1t is lacky to rleet n
rfiry the -: thing in the morning, and it
!, al'o lic!r to meet n woi;llr with n juSfal
III water, while an empty jug or pail is un.
l;cky; therefore the I;oninan!an maiden
meeting you cn the way back froin the well
WI display her trimming pitcher rs she
!l'scs, with n pkase,l consciousness q bring
iiS cool i'"s, While tho girl whose pitcher 10
empty vii! sink past Enthusiastically, a.
though she lad n cri:io 10 coEc.-i.'
it w,s on eli fiounianian belief that in tho
iuilding Of n large ed,ice it nas absolutely
eA7or.ti!l That "A living human being should
be huiit into TIC walls to give them stability.
There can be ,oGN,ut Lat tl:s ba.barous
custom was often cbsH.vc,l, and TIC rcaa:ant
of it is sees in the practice which stiil IRE
NOV "Ei'hS h'S any '"b 'siiui"o Wv
shadow of q living raru. The shadow Of
SOM PRISON, who must H. unconscious Of tho
spell to he east upon him, is measured with a
cu.d or strips Of reed. and the measure is in
t,rrcd within the wall. The victim is sur, to
liIc and tic within forty days. A careless
ser near some building in progress Of cree
t.ri RAY crrn now Ecar Il warning cry from
,Je lys:andcrs: beware lest they take thy
shadow" 1t is not long since there were pro-
f~c.s;onal shadow traders, whose business il
WAS To- sup, ~ architects with tho necessary
victin.s.-''rho Land Beyond the Forest"