The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-15
complimented

"ithout you use the name of Cod IN
sentence containing the compli-
:| ouch expressions are bound to
~ ~ nlsiortunes and possibly trou-
- aho ceath. If you call a boy or
girl pretty its mothers heart is fna1
WITH terror. n she s~traiehtwa
arrows out her hand, extending the
iHdeS ana little fingers in such + way
as IS supposed TO ward off the devil
ahd n ecl consequences OF your -
marx. II YOU wish to remark upon
tht beauty Of 4 Child, Won mls+ haoin
me s~entence With May Cod surround
NEE and You may then go on as Won
pleaSe. II you should pat the child
on the head and fail to use this son
tence, the mother upon returning
nome will take the child into a room
ana put it in the middle of the floor.
free frono WIZ ehen shove up some dust
rom each Of the four corners and
tnroW t into the fire. crying. 'lrie on
the evil eye"
SlInIl2r precautions should be taken
IN admlr1ng a horse or a donkey. II
q man has a spirited horse which he
ears the people may admire. he car
RES with him some salt. AS he rides
through the crowds he will now and
then sprinkle q little salt under tne
leet or the horse. especially If he sees
the crowd looking at it. If aryoue
asks whether he will sell the animal.
ne must answer yes. but if asked what
ne Will take, he makes the price 50
nigh that the man cannot buy. Al
such times he usually requests the
Wodid-be purchaser to stop thinking
OF his horse, for fear it NAV bring
misfortune.
Another superstition in regard to
salt relates to babies at birth. It is
~spfinkled over their bodies to keep
Off the devil. and it IS used at all other
/ cprGHG1iaS rHnpaai oil .xitI, 1b;Iir,,,
Spirits who live Under Ground.
The evil eye also is possessed bv
spirits who inhabit human beings.
The people here believe in one class
of spirits who live under ground. but
who are fed by those who live upon
earth They coTne up and take the
wheat from the threshing floors and
the bread from the ovens, and the
only way to keen them from doinr SO
is TO utter a sentence from the Koran
or Bible as 0 put the bread in.
These same spirits hover about the
ire, ani If you qHench it without ask
ing Alahomet to protect you. the
spirits are liable to beat YOU or per
haDS ianlc you for life.
These underground spirits are
known IS the Jan. Their ~favorite
place OF resid ence IS below the front
dcorsteps, and for this reason women
are not allowed 10 sit en- the door
~A-C '.AAD .AS ~ - Et\
al organized body. having a sultan, 3
court and regular officials. The keep
guard or the food stores ana are on
the whole fairly good fellows. They
are said 70 he fond Of human com-
pany, and it is whispered that they
sometimes ssun human shape an5
marry n%oortals. They are most ON
mon in Egypt. One ma attract 9
Jan ~ EhistiinS. and it is said that
the girls here frequently whistle
Some Of the men of Palestine are jeaI-
Gus of the Jams, t~llinhing they hayt
association with ttleir wives, and
some will not lock at q real Worna
for fear the San girls, whom they sup
pose 20 be il love with them, will OBJ
sect.
Married. IN g Cemetery.
One OF the queer supeFstitions which
prevails here in Jerusalem is that {
marriage in 2 cemetery vii! propitfa*e
the Lord and cause him to favor His
people. This is believed by the native
Jews, and instances Ct it have recent.
occurred on account of Il drought
We have had no rain for weeks, an{
he crops are drying Up. People art
crazy over the prospect. There IS als(
an epidemic Of infant:Ie paralysis
which has been carrying Off the chill
1reD, Tina narpIe think that Coz !
angry with them, and perhaps "rotf
because RI, MARRIAGES have heeu few
To pacify him they have had wed
: dings in the cemeteries, which IS con
Sidered . most uullcky place for start
: ing upon the life matriidoniai. Indeed
; II is so unlucEy that they have q tt
: hire people 10 get married there. y
1 a wedding which took place this we"t
/ the couple received s10e IN gold, an1
: also food Tor two years as a present 70,
. having the ceremony there. In III:
| case the groom was Il Jew from 1e-
/ men, Arabia. and the bride q .jewess
. from Aleppo 10 Syria. The bride vas
l late coming. and the 5000 worship
| ers who had assembled to see the cere
, uoy2v haa to wait for two hours Shf
was inaIiv carried in under a canopy
I and took her place on one SIDE u ar
! omen grave. while the bridegroom
( stood on the other tauS fHf
1 marriage vows were exchanged. i've
more cemetery weddings are planned
5 INIT il IS difficult to get willing couples
IS such marriages are supposed 70 %