The Breckenridge news., 1906-02-21

all the children are brought out ana
made to touch il. as this will put them
under the serpent's care. II they find
a dead snake they dress 1t in clothes
and give il great funeral. The Amer
| lean Indians believe every white deer
| has maidstone in its stomach. The
cat and dog. universal pets though they
| be. are associated with supersttious be-
! lief. In England it is considered un-
lucky to sell a dog. If one howls be-
fore the door of some American house
hold they fear the brute foretels an
early death in the family. In Germany
II Is believed that any one who during
his lifetime may have made enemies OF
cats is certain to be accompanied to the
grave amid a storm of wind and rain,
and i'm Poland it is thought that the
wearing of the skin of cat on the
breast will cure consumption.
Sailors of all countries have been not
ed for their peculiar superstitions from
the time Jonah was thrown overheard
TO the present. Scotch sailors will not
speak of four footed animal while
on the ocean. The Spanish never put
the left foot down first when stepping
on board, for to do so, they believe,
will bring disaster. He must be a
coura geous Swedish sailor, indeed, who
will mention the name of a port for
which he is bound.
The following motions" are as pc
culiar as they are popular when they
have sway: A Turk who finds a piece
of bread on the ground picks it up,
kisses il and carries it until he finds a
hole in which it can be inserted. To
do otherwise will doom him to the
third hell A sure cure for whooping
cough in Sweden can be obtained, the
people believe, by asking and follow
ing the advice of a man riding a pie
bald horse. In Scotland a young wo-
man who tries on a widows cap is
sure TO be a widow after marriage. A
modern Grecian mother before putting
her child i'm its cradle, turns three
times around before the fire while
singing her favorite song. This is to
ward off evil spirits.
When a boy a friend Of mine at
tempted to rid my hands of warts by
bidding me follow these directions: Tie
a knot in yarn string for every wart,
touching knot to each one; then bury
the string, and when it rOtted the wart
would be gone Recently / learned
that the farOff HindOo, troubled with
wart, looks at the new moon. picks up
pinch of dust from beneath his left
foot, rubs the wart with it, and when
the moon goes so does the wart.
In cursOry way | have specified
some of the superstitions obtaining in
England and America. shall close
this article with the mere mention Of a
few others The English housewife
will not sweep the dust out Of the front
door, fearing to sweep away the for
tunes of the house. There are Amer
lean housewives, when ready to move
out of their home, who will not sweep
the dirt out the front door, believing it
would bring misfortune TO the next
tenant. Neither will they carry cat
or broom with them. In Devonshire it
is believed the person who plants bed
Of lilies of the valley will die u the
next twelve months: i'm the United
States there are many people who
think that if weeping willow be set
out in the yard some member of the
family will die before its topmost
branch reaches the caves Of the house.
Nashville American