The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-10-20

No Matter What 1t Is, You VIII Have
Some Sort OF Luck.


No Matter What 1t Is, You VIII Have
Some Sort of Luck.
"If you see the new moon over
your right shoulder, it's good luck
all the month, over the left shoul-
der being bad luck Of course "If
you meet the new moon face to face
with money in your pocket, you
will have that kind Of money in
your pocket for month" and go
on, this last being taken from an
old black letter treatise on things
worth knowing Everywhere in
the world the idea prevails among
those who lack scientific training
that anything falling to the lot of
man when the moon is waxing will
likewise increase, similarly decreas-
ing while the moon wanCs The
E:ndoo troubled with warts looks
at the new moon, picks up pinch
Of dust from beneath his left foot,
rubs tho wart with it, and, when
the moon goes, 80 does the wart. If
you fall i'll, you can be cured by
herbs gathered in the full of the
moon.
The Moslems in the kingdom of
Oudh cure insomnia, palpitation Of
the heart, nervous prostration and
similar evils by stationing the suf.
ferer with basin Of water in his
hands in the light Of the full moon
in such a way that it's refulgent
image shines directly from the liq-
uid into his eyes. Then, without
moving his gaze, lie is required to
swallow the water at draft.
In northern India the people lay
out food in the full moon that comes
in the months corresponding to our
September and October. half of
each. and give it to their friends as
means Of insuring longevity.
That same night the girls pour wa
ter in the moonlight. saying they
are getting rid Of the GOLD weather.
It was long ago noted that the
Yorkshire maids "do worship the
new moon on their bare knees,
kneeling upon an earth fast stone,"
and Lady Wilde says that the Irish
damsels drop on their knees when
they first catch sight of the new
moon and say, "Oh, moon, leave us
as we'll as you found usi'' In India
the natives take seven threads from
the end Of their turbans and give
them to the new moon, with
prayer.
The spots on the moon are caused
by many persons Or things. Some
times it is a man with a fagot on
his back. cent thither for picking up
sticks on the Sabbath. Chaucer calls
him thief and puts thorn bush Oh
his shoulders Dante says it is no
less criminal than Cain. Shakes
peara provides q dog 10 keep MIN
company. Hindoos keep not a
man, but hare, in the moon, and
the well known connection in the
minds OF the man OF the moon and
insanity may account for the state
nent regarding the March hare, and
possibly the thorn bush may be the
I distinctive covering Of the halter.
At any rate, this is as good guessing
| as lot Of the sun myth people have
5ono, while Barring Gould Identifies
the moon children, Bill and Hiuki
Of the northern mythology, with
Jack and Gill Of the nursury rhyme.
The Greenland Eskimo believes
that the Gun and moon were orig
| inaiiy brother and sister. Sne, be-
ing teased by him past ordinary en-
durance, seized some lampblack and
rubbed it on his face. Then she
ran, her brother after. Finally she
went 80 fast she rose up into the air
and became the sun, while her sootv
i faced brother turned into the moon.
In Samoa when a great famine op-
pressed the people the moon rose
one night, big and round, like q
| bread fruit A patient zzi0tt22ier, uu-
able to quiet the pange OF her little
one. looked up and said. why
don't yon come down and let my
baby have a bite Of yous" This
made the moon 80 angry that ahe
simply picked up both mother and
child. and they have been there ever
since.
All sailors are certain that sleep
ing in tropical moon rays win either
make them cross eyed or blind. On
the American vessel Ell Captain a
year or two ago number Of the
crew, disregarding the advice Of
their fellows during a spell Of hot
weather, slept on the deck in the
moonlight, and soon after went COM
pletely blind at night. though they
could see as well in the daytime as
ever. The skipper Of the ship re-
ported the occurrence, and with it
made statement to the effect that
up to that time he had been disbe-
liever in the 30 called moon. blink.
Paul Eve Stevenson reports that he,