The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-04-06

EVERY person can remember,
But the dates when Casters osme,
Puzzle even scholars somei
Egg rolling on Easter day used to DC
practiced with the idea that the farm
lands over which the eggs were rolled
would be sure to yield abundantly at
harvest time.
At Easter let your clothes be new,
Or else be sure, you will it rue.
Poor Richards Almanac.
1t is bad luck to paint a cross on
Easter eggs, n good luck to paint
flowers on them.
If the sun shines on Easter, it will
shine on Whit Sunday.
1t is a good omen to have your babe
baptized on Easter day.
To cry on Easter is a sign that you
will have a sad Fourth of July.
UnIucky Engagement Day.
If you see a star fall on Easter night,
you will lose your lover.
If you get engaged on Easter Sun
day, you will not be married.
1t is lucky to receive the unexpected
gift of an Easter egg.
1T is a lucky thing for you if a
friend happens. to bring an infant for
the first time into your house on
Easter morning.
To put a garment wrong side out
on Easter morning is q bad omen.
In some countries, the children be-
lieve that the rabbits lay beautifully
coIored eggs at Easter. This connec-
ticE between the hare and Easter orig
mates in the hare's connection with
the moon, of which the hare has been
from ancient times a symbol, together
with the fact that Easter is to a GER
tain extent a lunar holiday. A few of
the reasons of the hare being identi-
fed with the moon are: The hare is
a nocturnal animal and comes out at
night to feed. The female carries her
young for a month. Hare and moon
were believed to have the power of
changing their sex the new moo was
masculine, the waning moon was femi-
nine. The young of the hare are born
with their eyes open, while rabbits are
born blind; hence the belief that the
hare never closed its eyes, and there
fore was considered to resemble the
moon, who is called the "open-eyed
watcher of the skies at night"
Popular French Belief.
Ar Easter superstition of French
says that the young girl who
to live long, marry the man of I
Ter choice, and prosper, must never
wear any other flower than the jonquil
II violet on that day. These only
ring good luck.
The maiden who wishes to know if
Ter lover is faithful should rise early )
N Easter morning and eat an apple.
Meantime she will say:
AS Eve in her thrift for knowledge ate,
SO I, too, wish to know my fate.
If the seeds are even, he will prove
if there is an odd number,
last
The usage of interchanging eggs at a
laster has also been referred for it's
rigin to the egg games Of the Romans,
yhich they celebrated at the time of q
II Easter, when they ran races in an
%gg-shaped rings, and the victor re-
eived eggs as a prize. These games
ere instituted in honor of Castor and
'ollux, who came forth from an egg,
by Leda, after Jupiter had
hel in the shape of 81 swan.
one who gets a golden egg
Will plenty have and never beg
The one who gets an egg of blue
Will find a sweetheart fond and trus.
The one who gets an egg of green
Will jealous be and not serene.
The one who gets an egg of black
Bad luck and troubles ne'er will lack.
The one who gets an egg of white
In life shall find supreme delight.
The one who gets an egg of red
Will many tears of sorrow shed.
Who gets an egg of purple shade
Will die a bachelor or maid.
A silver egg will bring much JOY
And happiness without alloy.
A lucky one the egg Of pink,
.he owner ne'er see dangers brink.
The one who gets an egg of brown
Will have an establishment in town.
one who speckled egg obtains
Viii go through life by country lanes.
4 striped egg bodies care and strife,
\ sulen man or scolding wife.
The one who gets an egg of plaid,