The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-12-18

iONu ~. InOnhS, serve me flknI
Aud send me my true love tonight,
That may gaze upon his face.
Then him IN my fond arms embrace.
After placing II piece of holly under
her pillow, many Il girl, In the north az
England especially, repeats these lines
Ia herself before retiring 10 rest On
Christmas eve, according Ia writer
il, London Tit.Bits.
Cupid plays an important part In
many Of the Superstitions and customs
thar are still cNtRnt NJ this season.
Another queer custom In the north
although II Is not now 80 prevalent w
II was, Ia that NJ gathering maidens
purses Tho money for these purses 10
collected some weeks before Christmas
from the Inhabitants Of the mining
towns, and they are given ~ marriage
WrtiOns To- the poorest among those
girls who nre soon To be married. On
Christmas eve full purse is quietly 4
thrown In NJ the girls window. 40 that
her feelings shall not he wounded by
nm OBSERVATIONS distribution.
4 Christmas practice among super
s:!tlouS girls who wish 10 dream about
their future lovers TX that of abstain
ing from food ar drink or speech dur
ing the whole NJ Christmas eve. Then.
after all the family have retired, they
make u cake VI flour, salt and water,
called "dumb cake" This they ent
lust before retiring Ia he'd, In the he
lief that their somewhat indlgestible
supper will cause them Ia dream Of
their future husbands.
In the Alps there exist several
charming Huletidc customs ~ propos-
ing marriage by the language Of flow
CrS. II girl accepts bouquet OF
rdelwcss from man during the
period from Christmas day TO New
Years eve the action denotes that she
accepts him as her future husband
Another Christmas custom IN Swift
crland IL for the young man TO place u
flower pot containing u single rose, ana
u note on the window sill OF the girls
room when she In absent from home.
He then waits for a reply. II the maid
accepts the flower before New Years
eve, then the young man boldly enters
| the house to TASK papa" II, on tho
other bnnd, the rose IN not touched
hut il allowed TO fade away, the pro
! pOsal is rejected without n single word
Of love having been exchanged be-
tween the couple. This Is useful
custom for bashful bachelors
In Sardinia Christmas wooing is far
more complicated. II Sandman fn-
ther has n marriageable daughter, the
wOuldbe sutton applies TO him for per
| mission To speak To her by means Of a
| species OF telephone that has been In
use for the purpose for centuries Of
| Christmases.
II IL n long string with a wooden
knob nt each end. The girl drops one
| knob out Of her window and, the shut
tcrs being closed, places the other knob
| To her ear. Down below her would.be
lover pOurs words Of undying devotion
into his knob
On every New Years day In Rouma.
mia fair OF marriagcnble girls Is
held. The girls are all drawn up In
one line and the men In another, with
| the parents of both behind them. II \
| young man likes the look of any par
| tlcular girl he steps out of his line
| goes up Ia her and enters into CONVEX
SatiOn. If he Is favorably received by
the giH, his parents and her parents
: compare notes ms TO the marriage set
| Element and similar practical matters
! Many quaint supcrstltlOns are assO-
| cg cd with the festive season I'm vari.
Gus parts of Britain. In Hertfordshlre
the wearing OF new shoes on Christ.
mas day is considered To be very IN
| lucky; while IN other parts II is
thought to be inviting III luck to allow
any new leather in the house during
! the Whole OF Christmas week. Some
folk say that "a green Christmas
makes fat churchyard," but in Dev-
unshirc they say that green Christ
mas makes prosperous year.
SupcrstltlOus people assert that one
should be careful about the choice Of
the holly for the decorations. Part
should be smooth and part prickly.
Theft, providing both kinds are carried
into the house ut the same time, all
viii he well But should the prickly
variety be taken IN first, then the hus-
band will rule the household during
the coming year; II the smooth lE
brought in FIRST the wife will be "top
dog"