The Raymer enterprise., 1921-12-29

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kAG tie cipck I striking z re
peat tnree times: Good s.
Anne, good S. AuDe. sene ne q ntr
Is ftE q yoa car." arc !ou WILL Be ea-
ezret within he yeG.
Spend % New Year. E1sscs Ill Ia
rear.
Tie Chinese say that Z = In. Eii
y for tsn !etn IL saccessio. tci
sees the pev year come I, be VII
sre 4 long LIE.
I, Ii unlucky 10 refuse q t.egStr any
ring o. Neu Years day. or 10 retass
z request Of ary kind
II Is lucky to rise early o1 Sss
ezrs morning
II The frst carol singer who cuDss
70 TIE door oa Nev Years morning .
ororght In n the froo; door. taksn
Ill through tte house. and lie. OF. q.
he back door. II VIII bring llcf to
he house 70. Z year.
When the wfnd blows o. New Tears
ight, II Is q kgu o. pestilenee-
II yoqr first caller OF Ner Years
4zy Is & male, you viii have good Iucf
Ind many friends: II female, bad
lucf and tes fr.enda
The Chinese think New Years dsy
Is the luckiest Of the year.
II you vsan clothes On Nsv Years CAY
To1'n b sire 10 vtsh . s1ecd away
Tun your pillow Al midnight Of the
slst Of December and you VIII dream
Of the one you are to marry.
II brings good luck to place q piece
" money % the window % New
Years eve.
II the frs, man you speak TO on New
Years morning has his hands In his
pockets, you win have q hard time get.
ting what money you want during the
year.
Il ls an old Dutch superstition that
II you want to marry the girl you lore,
your voice must be the first one she
hears and your face the first she sees
On New Years morning.
Superstitious folk consider II impor.
tant TO notice whom you meet the first
thing on New Years day. Hit Is a
man. you viii have good luck, II a
woman, bad luck; II priest. you will
die within year; II q policeman, you
will have litigation.
The first person Of the opposite ssI
you meet on New Years day will bear
the Christian name Of your future
partner.
II ice melts on January ! II will
rreeze on April l.
Feed the birds well on New Years
morning by placing q sheaf Of wheat
or barley or some bread outside your
house. then good luck will attend you.
and good crops and prosperity come to
you during the whole year.
On New Years eve take your hymn.
book to your bedroom. blow out the
lamp, open your book. and marx q
hymn Tin the dark. put 1t under your
pillow. and sleep On It Next morning
read the hymn. and It win indicate
the events Of the year.
II 10 unlucky to have clothes hang.
Ing on the line when the New Year IL
born.
Cook cabbage % New Years day
and you will have good luck oil the
year.
Decorated apples stuck on three
skewers are exchanged for luck on
New Years day In Great Britain.
Bum all the visiting cards that
have been received throughout the
year on January l. II you keep them
from year to year you will have bad
luck.
II you have not provided yourself
with q calendar before the New Year
comes In you will be behind hand In
all your undertakings during the year.
In Japan oranges are hung up On
New Years day as q charm to insure
the long life Of the family.
The Chinese believe It bad luck to
pay all Of outstanding accounts On the
last Of the year and begin fresh and
straight on New Years day.
Just before midnight on New Years
eve the Chinese put on new or clean
garments 50 a to enter the new year
purely. and thus gain good fortune to
themselves.
On New Years night II was IN old
Welsh custom with the wise and cour.
ageous old men Of the parish to sit
up oil night In the church porch. On
that night, It was said. q voice, eman.
ating from beneath the altar table,
pronounced the names Of those who
should die within the coming year.
Your conduct on New Years day is
q forerunner Of your conduct all the