The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-08-09
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Ene4denfn ana PeHsOma That Are Con-
sIdered UnIneI<y by the Toners Of
the sea-some QaeeF Notiohs Thnt
We're HeId by the A~nelents-
one OF the commonest OF surersti-
lions among fishermen Is the alleged
Il luck caused by woman. In the Isle
Ipf Skye II q woman crosses the water
In course OF the fishing the luck e
doomed. At Marlborough. England, II
l woman happens to entar a cottage
Ehcn the men are preparing their lines
she Is not allowed to depart until she
has kneIt down and repeated the Lords
PrsyeE In Lapland the hsherr1en
lyo.d spreading their captured hsh on
Ithat mart Of the shore frequented by
women, as the next expedition would
Se d failure.
on many parts Of the coast OF ing
! and 1t Is considered most unlucky for
Ia woman to walk over the nets or any
I3f the fishing tackle, although women
| hike nm active part In collecting bait
come Of the English herring fishermen
Ihaye an Idea that by beating their
wives they can draw the fish In In
he Hawaiian Islands after the fisher
men have prepared the lau melometo
"a billet Of wood used as q decoy) with
the proper fncnntntious care Is taken
that a woman does not step over it or
enter the canoe in which 1t IS placed,
IS I'm that event the decoy would lose
its power, and the knhunn C~sorcerer)
would have to go through the opero-
lion again
The influence Of b minister Is hand
ty less adverse than that OF women.
and the practices noted as connected
with the III omen OF feminine interfer
ence apply also to the clergy. The
herring are said to have all left one
part Of the Irish const because they
heard the new parson say he was going
20 1.-THE the fishery, and in Lnpland and
N the COASTS thereof fish are never
looked for where q church Is In sight
| On the coast of Lancashire, England
the fishermen have a custom OF setting
sail on Sunday. a clergyman OF the
town once prayed against this breach
Of the Lords day, as he called 1t; but
to n~eutralize his prayers, h fishermen
made n small image otsSs and pious
" burned the pnrson In efigy.
The avoidance Of the neighborhood
OF churches referred to is accounted
Tor by the dshermen's belief In the
great quickuess Of hearing of hshea
In Sweden, for instance, the hurc
bells are not rung in the Dream season,
lest the hsh should take fright, and
where the pilchard are hshed the peo-
ole are no less careful OF their sensi-
dyeness to sound.
The Romans believed h a the ser
rated spine on the tail of b sting
say was so venOmous as to be capable
IF causing injury to even vegetable
and mineral substances, trees losing
their verdure and even rocks being AT
eccted. They also considered it bad
luck IL a person with q love or lawsuit
On hand met a remora Sucking fish,
when bathing. Albertus Magnus ad-
ylsed n sutton in n law case to place a
serch under his arm and the judge
would thereupon become his friend.
When they catch certain species of
Dat fish the Firms make h sign of the
cross. b Irish win not eat he skate,
sometimes called the maid. ecaus 1t
s supposed to bear a questionable re
semblance to some of the grotesque
medieval deliueations of the virgin
Mary. The Dutch fishermen believe
that they can discern fhe Image OF the
Virgin in each scale of the drum ana
Tie Swedish fishermen believe tina the
loike turns its head toward the shore
IN st. Gregory's gay. March IL
The origin of certain species of fishes
arc to be 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 hi cells. In parts
II england eels are supposed to be
ored from dew In the months of May
and June or In other sections from tho
hnIrs of horses or kine which drop INTO
art ruts or into drinking troughs and
springs and there quicken after rain
| Chls latter superstition Is widely prev
alent in this country. The ancients
supposed that cells we're engendered OF
mud or h when tired of living they
dubbed themselves against the rocks.
md from the detritus Issued n new
reed. while still others believed h
| came from the cnrcasses of animals.
soles. according to the French fisher
men, nre bred from prawns. The Eng
iIsh fishermen think that the pike IS
begotten by the west wind, while the
gudeeon is believed to be generated
from the brains of horses.
Burn the teeth of fish you catch, or
your luck will be bad next day. n
found In church make 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 lucky.
In north Germany herrings eaten on
New Years day bring Il all the year
through. To witness the plunge OF a
pike before noon was considered an
| unlucky omen in Bohemia. In New
England II you catch n fish you don't
care to keep don throw It back into