Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-07
PET SUPERSTITIONS.
HOrseshOes and Rabbit Feet the
Fetichs of Lancaster Citizens.


It was like pulling teeth to get
some of the boys to give up on this
question. Some got sore, some
showed fight, others dared us, and
still others heaped imprecations
upon our head, but it did no good.
Don't think because your name Is
not in this list that you have es-
caped-we are going to get you in
due time. About forty told us that
they had no such thing as super
stition-but of course that was only
the slimmest kind of sandy. 1t is
possible that we may have mixed
some of the following or got the
wrong man hooked up with the
right superstition. In such an
event we are ready and willing to
make the necessary corrections az
the usual rate of ten cents per line.
Here is the list as far as 1t goes:
E. E. Mccoy says thatifa strange
dog banks at you in your own yard
it is sign that you are a year
older than you claim TO be. If a
strange dog banks at you in another
mans yard it is sometimes sign
that you may not live to be as old
by several years as you intended.
Chas. Klarman never eats green
apples in the full of the moon.
Jack Watson always expects bad
luck when he meets black cat
with it's tail spread out.
Lee Morrell never fails to turn
over in bed twice when he hears a
red rooster crow.
Will Mcmahon never feels COM
Portable for week after he meets a
redheaded girl.
Joe Reid says he always has a
pale feeling during the week when
Venus is the evening star.
Clarence Calvert thinks it brings
bad luck to read poetry before
breakfast.
Herbert Moses always crosses the
street twice when he meets a yellow
dog that toes out.
Ed Hyde says his corns always
hurt him the next day after eating
pie for supper.
James O. McBrien 1nvaria bly, says
mad dog backwards when he hits
his thumb.
Papa Wright thinks it it is bad
luck to have to scratch a match
twice to make it burn.
Henry Koch says that if he hears
music after ten at night when the
sun is shining he is pretty sure to
have boil where he don't want it
inside Of the next three years.
Billy Dyer believes it is a bad
Sign to pare your corns on Friday
when the wind is in the east.
Lon Wayne says if he finds a
horse shoe with three bent nails in
it is sure sign of a late spring.
George Gunderson says It's bad
luck to touch a red hot iron with
your left forefnger.
Lambert GToenier will not eat
black cat on the first day of the
moon.
John Weber is always sure of
difficulties if he sleeps with his head
to the east.
Will Jayne says when he dreams
he drinks beer out Of wash basin
it is a sure sign of trouble for the
last bartender he meets.
Joe Jeyers says it is a bad sign to
look at the new moon between
your ankles.
John KiIburg never dares to eat
pea soup on the fourth of July for
fear of ingrowing toenails.
w. E. Shimmin says that to find
another fellows letter on the street
is a sure sign that his own dog will
try to bite him inside the next two
weeks.
Frank Turner says that when he
dreams of putting on two clean
shirts at once it is sure sign that
his best rooster will lay double
yolk egg before Easter.
Al Heiman walks backward three
steps and turns around twice when
he sees the new moon on Friday.
Jake Dersch says it is always a
bad year for the chicken pox when
the new moon has its horns point
ing upward in January.
James Webb says it is a sure
bunch that he'll lose at the next
whist game if he forgets to wind his
watch on Tuesday evening.
Adam Schmittoac nouor hoe anv