The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-01-13
Old Time Maxims~
-. Of Good and III.

When cows are restless bad news
is at hand.
Thunder on April Fools day
brings good luck.
Always lace your right shoe first.
Good luck will follow.
When dogs howl at night rela-
tive or neighbor is about to die.
II child cries on its birthday it
ceases growing for year.
When wren whistles around the
house rain is sure to come.
The counting of chickens or lambs
in the spring will cause ill luck.
To dream OF a snake means that
an enemy is trying to harm you
II a cat runs across your path
start over again or bad luck will
follow.
Carry buckeye in your pocket
and you will never have rheumatism.
To put on a sock or a stocking
wrong side out is an omen OF evil.
If the moon shines on sleeping
person mental alteration will ensue.
To turn back after having started
on an errand or trip will bring
bad luck.
The bottom rails OF fence built
after the full moon will sink into the
ground.
The growing of a rooster near the
door is sign that you are going &c.
receive visitors.
Should bee, or any OF its species.
buzz about your room, you may eA-
pect pleasant visitors.
II the first buttcrAyyou see in the
spring be yellow one you will have
much money before the year has
passed.
Rain on Friday, rain on Sunday
rain on Sunday, rain on Monday
rain on Tuesday, rain all the week.
Com does best when planted under
the Germini; melons under Cancer I
but never plant anything under
Srorpio.
When "a wild bird flies into the
house its visit is intended * a warn /
ing Of approaching evil
Consult the almanac and see to it !
that the sign Of the zodiac is Sagit- .
tariu, before performing any opera I
ton on man or beast
Eggs laid on Good Friday or on
Sundays keep longer than on any
other; but butter made on Good !
Friday is never very palatable.
Always allow swallows. blue birds /
martins and knocking birds to build !
around your house. They bring
good luck,
Bees do not make honey if any
members of the family are addicted
to swearing, nor will they work if
kept uniulormcd of any death that F.,
may occur among your friends on in !
your own family.
Warts are caused by either touch |
ing u toad or touching something
overwhich toad has hoped.
To put your left foot on the floor
first when getting out Of bed in the !
morning viii surely bring sou bad |
luck.
If you kill snake, particularly a
blacksnakc, and hang it on IA fence
or Oh the limb of a tree, rain will I
come
Should you dream OF a death you
will hear of "a wedding; should you
dream of u wedding, you will hear
Of death.
Always bury or burn tooth .
should get hold Of the tooth, dog
tooth will grow in It's place.
Dogs bark at the sound of bell |
or at music in order to scare away
the witches and spooks which the
bell and the music attract.
Always plant dubious plants, such
as potatoes, when the moon is on the
wane; but plant other products be-
tween the new and the full moon.
II youcut your finger nails on Sun
day, bad luck will come; cut them on
Saturday, You will see your sweet
heart on Sunday; cut them on Mon
day, and you will have good luck.
II your hand itches you will re-
ceive money. The itching OF the leftY
ear denotes that somebody is speak
ing evil of you, but the itching of