The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-07-16
FISHERS AND OMENs.
GOD suPERsTlIioNs EHoM AL OVER
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GOD SUGGESTIONS From AL OVER
THE WORLD.
Ineidents ana Persons s-ba4 Are Con-
sIdered UnlueI<y ~ me ToHers OF
the sea-some aucer NOtIonH That
Were Held by the AncientS-
One Of the commonest OF suDersti-
lions among fishermen e the alleged
u luck caused by woman. In the Isle
Of skye Il woman crosses the water
In course OF the fishing the luck Is
iooned. At Marlborough, England, Il
woman happens to enter eottnEe
when The men are preparing their lines
she Is lot allowed to depart until she
has knelt down and repeated the Lords
Prayer. In Laplnnd the fishermen
Ivofd sprca ding their captured fish on
that part OF the shore frequented by
women. as the next expedition would
be q failure.
ON many parts of the coast of Eng
land It Is considered most -unluclSy for
ID woman to walk over the nets or any
81 the fishing tackle, although women
take an active part in collecting bait
some of the English herring fishermen
have an Idea that by beating their
wives they can draw the fish IN In
lie Hawaiian Islands after the fisher
men have prepared the lau melometo
"a billet Of wood used as decoy) Win
the proper incantations care is taken
that a woman does not step over 1t or
enter the canoe in which it IS placed,
Ias in that event the deeoy would lose
its power, and the Eahuna CsoreererJ
would have to go through the opera
lion again.
The influence of the minister IS haru-
Nv less adverse than that OF women,
and the practices noted as connected
with the i'll omen OF feminine interior
ence amply also to the clergy. The
herring are said to have oil left one
part of the Irish coast because they
heard the new parson say he was going
% 1.-THE the fishery, and in Lapland and
an the coasts thereof fish are neyer
looked for where church is in sight.
On the coast of Lancashire, England.
The fishermen have a custom OF setting
sen on Sunday a clergyman OF the
tom once prayed against this breach
Of the Lords day. as he called IT. out
10 i.s.i. "a &c his prayers, the fishermen
r.-,,c :: al Image ct 4AGz and plous-
II ;.-7rac1 slla parson In efhGJ.
The avoidance of the neighborhood
FOR nv the fishermen's belief in the
great quIckness OF hearing of fishes
In Sweden, for instance, the church
bells are not rung IN the Dream season.
lest the fish should take fr'~.,t- and
where the niIchard are fshed the PEG
nile are no less careful of their sensi-
tiveness to sound.
The Romans believed that the ser.
-nted spine on the tail or the sung
ray wns SO venomOus as to be capable
II causing injury to even vegetable
md mineral substances, trees losing
heir verdure and even rocks being al
rected. They also considered it bad
luck IL n person with love or lawsuit
IN hand met n remorn Sucking nsnl
whom bathing. kIbertus AIagnus nd
vised a sutton In q law case to place
perch under his arm ana the Judge
would thereupon become his irienu-
when they catch certain species OF
NAT fish The Films make the sign of the
.ross. The irish will not eat the skate.
sometimes called the maid, because II
! g supposed to bear Il questionable re-
tsemblnncc to some of the grotesque
metlIaeval delineations of the virgin
MARY The Dutch fishermen believe
that they can discern the image OF the
Virgin In each scale of the drum, ana
ihe Swedish fishermen believe that the
nike turns it's head toward the shore
| On st. Gregory's day, March II.
The origin of certain species OF hshes
are to he accounted for In various
ways. When the Brittany fishermen
happened to catch the lotte they threw
Them back Into the water, as they were
supposed to turn into GELS. In paris
,f england cells are supposed to be
| hre,l from dew in the months OF May
land June or IN other sections from tie
hairs of horses or kline which drop llllo
rnrt ruts or into drinking trouShs anu
springs and there quicken after ram
ThIs latter superstition is widely prey
nlent In this country. The ancients
sunDosed that cells were enGendered OF
mud or that when tired of living they
rubbed themselves against the rocks
end from the detritus issued q new
freed. while still others believed they
como from the carcasses OF animals
solos. according to the French fisher
mon. nre bred from prawns. The Eng
lIsh fishermen think that the PIKE Is
berotten by the west wind, while me
nudgeon is believed to be geher'iteu
from the brains OF horses.
burn the teeth of fish you eaten, OF
vour luck will be bad next day inns
| found In church mike good fish hooks,
In scotland n quarrel on the beach, II
blood is drawn. will drive the herring
from the coast for the rest OF the sea-
SON. In Sweden stolen tackle IS 4ueAy,
| In NORTH Germany herrinGs eaten on
New Years day bring luck all tne yen ~ !