The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-22
(st. Louis Renublic.l

Out in the back townships they
will soon be listening for the first
croak of the bullfrog.
l.. City folks believe that the ground
hog is weather. wise beyond all hope
Of mistake. Country folks are certain
that when the below OF the first green
frog is heard that the frost is at last
out Of the ground.
I Nearly everybody believes in
signs" Men who would scorn the
idea Of ghosts. spooks, the sixth
sense and all other things that SAVIOR
OF w%'itchcraft and the occult. are very
sure that 1t is bad luck to walk under
a ladder. 1t Is sometimes. II the
painter at the top Of the ladder is
carelessly spreading red paint.
Napolean believed in signs and
omens. So did another Of historical
notables. In some parts of southern
still entertain lively fear Of witches
and their doings. Real city folks Of
ten have a horror of the number IL.
See IL you can find your own little
pet superstition in the list that fol-
lows. If YOU are honest with yourself
you are very apt to do 80.
The sight of a shooting star is a
sign Of death.
The bowling Of a dog after dark in
sAS AAooSG Is a SlSu ltbdL U0AlIl
will claim some one in the household
within a month.
If it storms the first Sunday in the
month 1t will storm every Sunday in
the month.
Here is another that is somewhat
similar: The first Friday Of any
month. If fair. means that the month
will be one of good weather. II foul,
the month will be gloomy and stormy.
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foulest of the seven days Of any week
|. II you make q friend the gift of a
knife the friendship will cease Edged
tools cut the cords Of friendship.
Six weeks after you hear the
katydid. look u o the frost.
To find a horseshoe in the road Is a
sign Of good luck. Even the city-bred
hold to this belief.
To dream Of snakes signifies that
you have a dangerous enemy.
The whining Of q screech owl in the
trees outside a house at night is an
omen of early death.
The alightine Of a white pigeon at a
window means an early death for
some occupant Of the room.
Many. many Of the signs and omens
that are current have to do with the
coming Of death and misfortune. The
lucky omens are outnumbered by
SAAo oIC 4ulI VI Ia luChs
There are a great many people
whose lives are a daily misery to them
because Of their belief in these super.
stitious things. They are afraid to re-
trace their steps after a thing that
they have forgotten. They believe
that 1t is bad luck to spill the salt or
sneeze twice early in the morning.
They are afraid to sing or to hum q
tune before breakfast for fear that
they will weep before bedtime.
When they break a mirror they are
sure that they will be haunted by bad
luck for seven ear When there is a
death in the house they turn the faces
OF all mirrors to the wall ana cover
everything that has q shining surface,
believing that the glimpse Of a refec.
ton Of the cofi1n means another death
in the same household before a year.
They are haunted by signs and
omens every hour. II they dream Of q
funeral 1t mean q wedding. II they
dream OF q wedding it means q funer.
al. Even the white marks on their
finger nails are ominous. When they
see them they clasp their hands to.
gether and repeat this rhyme that waa
old when Bill Shakespeare wal . boy:
"A friend. . foe.
A Gift, a beau,
A journey you 60"
They note how many marks they
have. and thus gain an inkling OF what
the future has In store for them. And
they believe It. every bit OF 1t.
The signs that have to do with
health are very numerous. Betidls