The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-15
sUNDRY sUPTRsTITIoNs.
A Collection Of Odd and Humorous
Fancies About Animals.


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There are many supersutions in regard
TO animals some OF which can WITH mt
Tie thought easily be accounted Lur Out
there are also many more WAichl ot
course, are merely traditional oeEetdL
animals are supposed 10 be able 20 fore
see changes IN the weather. swallows lOt
instance, ny close 90 the ground before
rain, so do gnaJsi the inference Is obvious
HedgehOgs are said 10 be able 90 lore
sec coming storm, and ~ Is an Ola say
ing I'm some parts OF The country De-
lore rain hogs run grunung home.
IT. ls an old superstition lnat III a crow
CTOaks an odd number of times IN the
morning DC wall De a wet day II even
number, liz viii be, fine. Frogs are sup
posed 10 indicate bad weather Dy croak-
Iug more than usual, and "a storm may
also be expected when uOgs WauOW IN
she dust. There Is PROBABLY some sound
and easily explained reason for the Idea
that ants become unusually busy before
rain, but IL Is difficult 10 ind any origin
OF the old superstition that the eggs OK
I these animals are an anuuOte Tor love.
I III is curious thing that the hairs OF
certain animals are supposed Dy some
I supersuuOus persons % possess curative
properties; Tor instance, IL Is believed by
some that three hairs taken from the
back of am ass viii cure the WhOOplns
cough, but the ASS from which the hairs
are taken VIII die again. there Is be-
lief that lL dog bits YOU any evil con-
/ sequences may be prevented by applying
/ three of the dogs hairs to the wound.
A fried mouse is considered a specific
/ for smallpox, while. on the other hand,
J 90 eat food which mouse has nlDDled
/ Is salG 20 give sore throat
J Another certain cure for WhOOplng
I cough believed I'm Is 20 ask "A man riding
I q plebald horse Tor advice. and 90 DO
whatever that man may advise ElebdlQ
/ horses figure IN a great number of
! suprrstitiOus.
There are many animals that the super
] stitlOus consider it, UnluCky 10 KIN. Among
/ them may be mentioned ladyb.rC- 4
3 martin, "a robin, a stOrk anu . money
/ spider while 20 kill q Ns-eu means that
/ you VIII break q c1Ie before the year is
I out Many animals are also supposed 90
/ herald death, and supeI7ul0us I'm lnls
I direction are SO numerous that only a
/ few can be mentioned here. The most
. commonly known is the clicking or tap
ping of the beetle called a death watch.
I which Is reckoneu as an omen Of death %
[ some one I'm the house. Swift dispels this
/ superstition with;
/ Chambermaids christen this worm a
/ death watch.
/ Because IKE watch it always cries
click
Then woe be to those in the house that
For sure as a gun they give up the ghost.
I But a kettle Of scalding hot water In
nfaIiibly cures the timber infected:
I The omen is broken, the danger is over.
/ The maggot viii die and the sick VIII re-
cover.
! The bowling OF "a dog al night near a
/ house Is supposed TO predict the death of
/ a sick inmate, as also the settling OF "a
/ white pigeon on a house bodies death 90
] some one I'm the house. while. again an
I old saying among the supersutlOus runs.
] NO person can die on "a bed or pillow
/ containing the feathers of a white
/ pigeon
/ That the Cnawing of furniture by rats
I presages death is also "a common super
/ sJiuOn. To meet certain animals lis con-
! sidered lucky. while 10 meet others is
/ the reverse. For instance, 20 meet a SOW
/ with litter OF pigs is very lucky, but u
i path. To meet a weasel is lucky, but
[ should a hare run across the road IN
front of YOU 10 dugurs bad fortune.
p We give in conclusion few super
7 stltl0uS regarding animals that are more
/ or less common.
/ III q cat sneezes thrice a cold viii run
\ through the house.
! The sneezing of eat indicates good
| luck 90 "a bride.
/ TT bees swarm on q rOtIOn tree III IS an
/ omen Of sorrow TO come
I Raveusl most ill-Omeued OF birds. fore
Z bOde pcsIllenCe.
/ The bacon of swine killed In "a waning
moon VIII waste much in the cooking.
/ To see two maEplea flying together is
/ considered a bad omen IN Lancashire,
I while am old Scotch rhyme runs.
Ones sorrow. tw0's mIrth.
Inrees wedding. lour.s "a BIRTH
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