The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-07-29
The TIME TO FISH IS
WHEN YOU HAVE CHANCE
CITY LAKE is FULL OF FINE
BASS, BUT THEN THERE ARE
THE sUPERSTlTloNS.

fishermen. but some good CatCnes OIL
bass and perch have been made. The
7 city iakc is alive with fine bass, bU;
at this season are wary and hard 10
land Calcnng fish is not al of fish.
ing there are the superstitions.
/ Now. We all have these supersti.
tlons. or course we do not all nave
them all. but nearly everybody has
some OF them ana every one mas
some pet one of his own. When you
+ were boy you always spit on the
bait for luck. dldnt you? And your
father wouldn't 90 at,cr bass when
the wind was in the cas-. And YOU
granddd's faNoutc time tor getting -
Doatful was the iun OF the moon And
your Uncle jim had a mysterious
mess in back bp.tc that hv doscG
w the worm with.
Well, you were no worse, anyway
than lots OF o.hcr people IN iots o.
other places.
In British Columbia the Indians
tremendously went 10 meet the first
sa mon and lu ilattorng voices tried
TO win their favor by calling them all
Cnlois.
Every spring in California the IA.
raks used to dance for salmon Mean.
WINE one o. their number secluded
himself in The mountains and tasted
Cor ten days. Upon hi, return he
solemnly approached the river. touN
the first salmon of the catch, 0tc
some OF it and with the remainder
lighted saIc!lcial me. T..o same
indians mhoriou,iy climbed to the
mountain top after poles for the
spyaring booth. being convinced tna
81 ,hcy were gathered where the sal
mon were watching no fish would be
caught
Very widespread, in fact is this
native bcnet OF the necessity or eau.
ion whenever Adam is ou fishing
bent
In Japan among the primitive race
of the Amos even the women lett a,
home are not allowed 10 talk lest
he fish may hear and disappro"e
while the first fish Is always brought
in through window instead o' a
door. so the other ush may not see.
The Eskimo women OF Alaska never
: sew while he men are fishing an.
should any mending bee imperative
they do i, shut up in little tents on,
OF sight OF ,he sea.
Under no circumstances on the
q northeast coast OF Scotland will fish
, erman at sea mention certain objects
. on land sucn as minister, kirk,
swine dog etc, and the line wiu
) surely be lost If pig is seen while
+. batting il. As on the land chickens
mus, not be- counted until they ave
e hatchcd, so at sea fish must not Dc
D counted until they are all caught. It
S is good luck to find mice nibbling
e among the nets; a horseshoe nailou
a to the mast will help and a herring
A caught and salted down will produc,
7 wonders.
In the Shetland islands a cat mus,
not be mentioned before a man bait.
a., ing his line and among the Magyars
OF Hungary fisherman will turn
back and wait over tide if he meets
woman wearing a white apron.
2 Every year the natives of IN,
;. Duke of York island decora'e a cano,
with flowers and fern, fiji 1t with
shell money and cast adrift, ito con.
pcnsate the asa for their fellow,
q caught ana eaten"
II was always the custom OF thu
4 Maoris, the primitive Inhabitants %
It New Zealand It put th first fisl
y" that they caught back into the SET
IS with a prayer that II might temp
other fish TO come and be caught.
rs II the fish did not come 500,
=" enough in British Columbia the In
G. dians used to employ a wizard, wn
,o made an image OF a swimming fis
,e and put it in the water to attrac
IN live fish to the bait.
Now, getting back TO the east win
II. superstition, fishing literature Is fu
I'd of weather superstitions, many {
e. them In rhyme. Doubtless thes
e. weather gingles are OF very old o
w igin Possibly the one most familia
in Is this:
When the wind Is in the north
The sktllful fisher goes not forth;
in When the wind is in the east,
at It is good for neither man nor beast
,ir When the wind is in the west.
VS. Then it is at its very best;
10 When the wind is In the south,
as II blows ;he bait in the fish's mout
- INSURE with VIII Sandford n G