Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-07-22
SuperStitiOnS Of Rura|iStS

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not ten women out of every hun
dred can be found who would as
willingly start garment on Friday
as on some other day.
If the individuals of hunting
party, in crossing fence, 60 over
the same section luck will be good,
but if several sections be crossed
the hunt will be a failure.
If in strolling two persons go on
opposite sides of a tree, one or both
will meet disappointment before
the day is over.
Looking at a new moon for the
first time through distractions, as
through a tree top, fortells mis-
fortunes during that moon. To see
it over the right shoulder and in a
clear space brings good luck.
The rabbit always carries omens
of i'll fortune. If you meet him on
going from home you may look for
trouble before you return; if going
toward home there will be trouble
in your family.
Ashes must not be taken from a
fireplace in sick room. The death
of a patient would follow. Nor
must the bed of a sick person be
turned over. 1t is actually true that
this last provision is believed and
actually followed in numberless
homes where wealth and culture
abound.
No one ever saw negro meet a
corpse. The most courageous darby
will go out of his way or turn upon
his path rather than encounter
such a calamity. It is said that if
you meet corpse your time will
come next. If the corpse is stopped
on the way to the grave another
member of the family will soon
follow.
Kraut must be made in the dark
of the moon if it is to be sour.
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It is the height of folly to cut a
child's finger nails before it is a
year old, for then it will pilfer and
steal. Thu nails must be broken
and bitten off.
Potatoes and all roots must be
planted in the. dark of the moon,
when it is .decreasing or going down
| in size; likewise crops that grow
above ground must be planted in
the light, or increase of the moon.
Hogs must be butchered when
the moon is increasing, otherwise
the meat Will shrivel up and fry
away in cooking.
A family must never move ex-
cept in the light, or increase, of the
moon. This will secure prosperity
and increase of possessions. They
will grow as the moons grows. This
is another superstition that is in
almost general practice in all classes
of society.
If a child is allowed to look in a
mirror before 1t is year old teeth
ing will be difficult.
If a coffin containing a corpse be
placed SC that it is reflected in a
mirror, there will be another death
in that family inside a year.
The tying of a small sack con-
tanning the fore feet of ground
mole assures a full set of pretty
teeth. If in teething the child's
gums are sore it may be cured by
rubbing the gums with rabbit brains
hot from the head. Both of these
remedies are too commonly practi-
ced to excite comment among the
people who observe such things.
To remove wart from the body
steal piece of bacon, rub the wart
with it and then bury it under the
caves. Say nothing about this and
the wart will soon disappear. The
writer removed a number of warts
from his own hands when boy by
doing this.
A stray black cat in the back
yard foretells good luck.
If a woman is making soap and a
man stirs it, all will be well and the
soap will be fine, but if woman
comes the soap will spoil in the
making.
If you sing in bed you will cry
next day. If you sing before break
fast you will cry before night.
If you want a cat to stay at your
home, rub it's paw on the stove.
If you sleep with your feet to-
ward the door you will soon be
carried out a corpse.
If an infant is puny and does not
grow satisfactorily it must be
measured for the ''undergrowth. "
A powwow doctor, usually a wo-
man will ct,.iY tho child measure