Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-16
GOOD AND DlDLUCK
NOTED IN DOG LORE
No Good husban for olrl Who
olslIkss caninss, 10 Super
otltlous Claim.


Naturally anything which has pro-
poetr,, and IN human devotion as a.
hos would have much folklore accuin-
ula,cd around n.
n,rr,ho,i, is familiar with the south
~,n N,grus superstition about the dog
hnNins Ht the moon he,ng nm omen OF
death and n n hovla twice and stops
u is for mun, II three times, wo-
man
pid you know, n you mako wish
on seeinu a spotted dns, and you do
no, see u sseln. YOU VIII get your
wlshf
II a sin dl-likca dogs. she win never
~, a good husband
" ,ou meet n mesilfr, and II makes
friends with you. YOU VIII soon meet
sumo on" who viii prove iine friend.
I, IL i~d tuck to sivc q dog away.
" yru step ON dos thcre win on
sue change In your vocation.
Another NcHro superstition is TINT
= little white dog ~ supposed to ba n
m.s~unser ~ coming evil.
Anuthe, Interpretation ~ the dog
howlns hesyrnwa,d IN that n fore
tells rrcnt nfo disaster.
in aiRtnry tim.s the Negroes thought
that " they wanted o. keep dogs from
scen,lns their tracks, thcS should so
"a the graveyard, set some dirt out of
siN,n. and rub their feet with it
l, IN had luck go mee, n barking dos
ss,l, in the morning.
The lively barking ~ dogs In Lent
N n slsn uf a wedding to which there
ia mitch objection,
" q doe dies under your house. Il 81
slrn that you win soon move o.
another residence,
Tho inhlanH offered M n small dos
when Uhlid lny sics, aupposlng the
dnn ~ hu tho cause.
n IN rooh iuch 90 have a DOG return
after II hna boon driven away.
n the yet dos ls unhappy, its mas.
trl a. the Same.
10 nrnuntsr a monnrcl dos In 10 ex
ruet nivkntas ln tho family
w ancient Persia " one wa. dying q
dos was hiourht In to drive away tn,
wrltlnr demons,
n " unluchy for q doR 60 pass he
tween q couple who are going to h'
married or between two friends.
n YOUR dos leaves home. as som'
auva have n habit of doing, YOU car
mnhe him stay home hy placing n Few
haiir "a the end " Ms tal undcr IN,
siup az the entrance 20 your homo.
NJ Nn cn,efinn n strange house doI
should mske much ~ YOU, especially
" n should las its head on your lap
Nuu are rping 90 meet man who VIII
he u siton. and faithful friend.
"a IL sood luvk 90 bee followed by I
dow u n COMES d rs own accord.
ifar strange dos 90 track ~ new
vii move @uun.
when sou pick cu, friend DO no
take ihc man whose doR never want
~ FOLLOW him. Also hcware ~ the maj
,ouY dos refuses ~ make friends with
N a pot doe uttors inarticulat'
sounds a. u trslns 20 speak, YOU vii
hes' news,
rosr ruhhing their nosc. on tho Zoo
Va = sian VI windy weather.
Tho nnrlvnt Csula believed a dol
knew ~ it- mssie,'s dcath. no matte
hcw fnf the, were separated,
n " a sood slsn lf dos approachc
sick person,
toi y slrrpins dos 90 bark Is sup
posed az be- a slsn of imrendins nl
" n strange dos follows YOU, wag
sirN hs tail, you wiz receive lettel
Tho Southern negroes hate IN
hound. They say ~ used 90 be mic
slsrA wairh DOS, which Adam left Z
susrd the sstos of paridiso. hut
went rnlf'ins around TO md n hare q
rabbit and lut the old devii sneak n
Then the lord said Il should be
hound alwavs huntlns and alway
sssf,ins 40 to hear hound II a hs
slpN,