The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-07-04
: CURIOUS supERsririoNs.
The IueradicabIe Belief In Them That
!, "Makes the Whole World Kim"

The IueradicabIe Belief In Them That
"Makes the Whole World Kim"
It 10, perhaps, after all the ineradica-
BILE belief in superstition that "makea
the whole world kim"
There are few persons SO wise or so
superior that they do not cling to their
childish faith In some one charm or
portent.
Old sayings regarding clothes aro
still implicitaly believed In by many
az for instance:
It is lucky. to put on any article Of
dress, particularly stockings, inside
out; but II you wish the omen to hold
good you must continue to wear the
reversed portion Of your attire In that
condition till the regular times como
for putting 1t off-that Is, either bed
time or before bath. II you set 1t
right you will change tho luck 1t
will be OF no use to put on anything
with the wrong side out on purpose.
When william the Conqueror, in
arming himself for the battle Of Hast
ings. happened to put on his shirt Of
mail with the hindside before the by
ISLANDERS seemed to have been shocked
as by an ill-omen until William
claimed 1t as 6 good one, betokening
that he was to be changed from duke
to king The phenomenon OF the
"hindside before" Is 30 closely related
to that OF inside OUT that one can
hardly understand their being taken
for contrary omens.
Another and weird belief regarding
personal attire Is that the clothes of
the dead will never wear long. When
q person dies and his or her clothes
are given away to the poor II Is fire.
Quently remarked: "Oh they may look
very well. but they won't wear; they
belong to the dead"
II q girl'c petticoats are longer than
her frock. that is sign that her faith
er loves her better than her mother
does. perhaps because 1t is plain that
her mother does not attend SO much to
her dress as she ought to do: whereas
her father might lovc her very much
and at the same time be very ignorant
or unobservant of the rights and
wrongs Of female attire.
II one would have good luck he must
wear something new on Whitsunday,
not Easter.
Among miscellaneous superstitious
sayings the following may be noted:
1t is unlucky to enter house
which you are going to occupy by the
back door, "Lightni.z will not
strike elderwood." The reason for
this superstition is probably the ira
dition that the cross on which our
Saviour was crucifed was made Of this
same wood. Dean French. In one OF
the notes to his Sacred Latin Poetry"
accounts for the trembling of the
leaves Of the aspen tree by saying
that the cross was made Of its wood
and that since the the trec has never
seased to shudder.
AS hot cross-buns are being intro
duced into this country, 1t may be not
ed In connection with that pastry that,
according to English superstition, they
will, II properly made. never get
mouldy. To make them properly the
materials must be mixed, the dough
made and the buns baked on Good FRI
day.
Regarding the cutting Of the finger
nails
Cut 'em on Monday. you cut 'em for
health;
Cut 'em on Tuesday, YOU cut 'em for
wealth;
Cut 'em on Wednesday. you cut EN-
for news;
Cut 'em, on Thursday, Q pair OF new
shoes:
Cut 'em ON Friday, you cut 'em for
sorrow;
Cut 'em on Saturday. you'll see your
true love tomorrow;
Cut 'em ON Sunday and you'll have the
devil with you all the week.
Superstitions with respect to cutting
the nails are Of ancient date. Hesiod.
in his Works and Days" says: mot
to cut from tho Ave branched with
glittering iron the dry from the quick
IN tho rich feast Of the CODA"
Mushrooms will not grow after they
nre seen. Very naturally, the first per-
son that sees them gathers them.
Readers OF the immortal "Pickwick
Papers" Will recall mention therein Of
the town Of Bury st. Edmunds. About
four miles from this place Ii barton
Mere-1an eccentric piece of water
which varies In sixe from twelve to
fourteen acres TO q emnll pond and Ia
sometimes entirely dried up. 1t Is re
garded locally as q sure indication of
the value OF cornstalks. 1t Is a we'll
attested fact that the price of corn and
the height Of water frequently do vary
together. 1t Is supposed that the char
acter OF the weather may affect both in
common. n. e.
In the same manner the saying. "If
the raindrops hang on the window
more will come to Join them" may be
eccounted for by the fact THAI II Is q
stgn Of slow evaporation. of the prcs-
ence Of abundant moisture. which will
be likely to precipitatc itself in the
form OF more ram.
II. when yousarc fishing and count
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