The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-10-15
DO YOU BELIEVE IN sloNsr
Supersiitions That Have a Powerful
Hold on Men and Women.

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Blow out The candle and II the wick
continues long 70 shoulder. look for
bad weather II IL goes out quickly
the weather viii be fair
When you hear the first frogs In
7 the spring you may know the frost Is
/ out OF the ground.
The last Friday OF each month Is
\ the almanac index for the next month
I II the weather be fair the month VILE
I be likewise II foul SO VIII the month
be
II IL storms the first Sunday in the
month il viii storm every Sunday in
the month
When a person kills snake he does
well 10 consider what kind OF weather
he would like II he hangs the snake
up. IL will rain. II he buries IL the
weather viii b. fair
Rub a cats back the wrong way. and
II YOU see the sparks IL is a sign OF
cold weather
The bones of rheumatic persons
ache when a storm is brewing
When YOU find tea grounds floating
in your cup you know that you are
going 10 have company. II the grounds
are soft il is a woman who is coming
II hard a man. II the grounds are
long the person coming is tall. II short
the visitor will be short.
II you dream OF falling and are
awakened by the fancied jar OF land
ing il is a sign that you are going TO
be i'll. II. however. you awake while
you are still in midair you may be
assured YOU will continue in good
health
To dream OF a funeral is a sign Of
wedding To dream OF a wedding is
j sign OF a funeral.
IL you dream OF snakes it is sign
you have an enemy.
Let young woman pin a four-leas
clover over the door. and the first un-
married man who comes in the door
will be the one she is 10 marry.
Sleep with a piece Of wedding cake
under your pillow for three nights in
succession. and whatever you dream
on the third night will come 10 pass
Have YOU white marks on your
nails2 Put your hands together and
say this rhyme while in succession
YOU touch fingertips. beginning with
the thumb A friend. a foe. a gift,
a bean, journey you GO Notice on
which niger nails the marks are and
YOU will thus gain some inkling OF
your fortune
Born on a Monday, fair Of face
Born on a Tuesday, full OF Gods
grace
Born on Wednesday. merry and
glad
Born on a Thursday sour and sad
Born on a Friday, godly given.
Born on a Saturday. work Tor liv-
ing
Born on sunday never shall
want
SO there's the week and the end
ont
To cut the finger nails on Sunday
morning is a sign YOU will do some
thing you are ashamed OF before the
week is out
Pass me salt pass me sorrow.
II used TO be a pretty sure sign that
a man was conceited II he went about
with his hat brin turned mp in front
II the bottom Of Your foot i.ches you
may know that you are 70 step on
strange lands
Put the wrong foot out OF bed first
when you get up in the morning and
you will be cross all day. Alwl ys get
up with the right foot forem st
Don't make a friend a gift Of
knife, for according 10 every authority
yersed in sign lore II you do il viii
cut your friendship.
When YOU have the rheumatism car
~ potato in your pocket The pota-
10 will become hard after time and
believers in its virtues affirm that this
! is because OF the rheumatism II has
absorbed
To find a horseshoe in the road is
a sign Of good luck.
Early TO bed and early 10 rise makes
a man healthy. wealthy and wise
When YOU see q shooting star. IL
you can saw. Monev before the week
Z out three times before IL is lost sight
I the week is out.
Ii Is a sign YOU arc going 10 be rich
\ If YOU tumble upstairs
Sneeze twice whtu YOU first get up
and YOU win hear % death before
the night
In all lands ravens and crows have
\ been considered birds OF m omen
The natives OF India believe that
/ elephants have religion ana form OF
/ worship.
4 great many country people be-
\ lieve that the screeching OF an owl
\ indicates impending calamity
Ia Dalmatia II Is au exceedingly sus-
picious omen for a cat TO sneeze when
I a bride enters the house
In Wales ID is believed that II any
one Kills wren he will fan down and
break a bone before the end OF the
/ year
In almost every country the bowling
OF "A dog is regarded as a bad omen
generally predicting death TO some
person OF the household
In France il is believed that the set
Ting OF white pigeon upon a chin
new Is sign Of speedy death for some
one in the house
There is superstition among the ne
\ rroes Of the South that to meet a
frog Is lucky incident. indicating
4 that the one thus favored is about TO
receive money from some unexpected
quarter
II is a favOrite superstition IN Eng
4 land that the bacon OF swine killed in
\ the waning Of the moon will waste
away in the process Of curing or cook