Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-01-13

II Of N
he clock is STRIKING II re-
peat three times Good ST
Anne, good St. Anne, send me man
Is fast MS YOU can and you viii be en-
aged within the year.
Spend on New Year, spend all the
ear
The Chinese say that ii man sits !
p for ten years in succession and |
.ees the new year come in he Will I
ave long life
II Is unlucky TO refuse beggar any
ans on New Years day, or TO refuse
request of any kind
1t is lucky to rise early on New
ears morning.
II the first carol singer who comes
q the door on New Years morning is
lroaght in at the front door, taken
Y! through the house, and let out at
he back door, 1t will bring luck to
he house for year
When the wind blows on New Years
lght, IL is sign of pestience.
II your first caller on New Years
lay is male, you will have good luck
ma many friends; if Il female, bad
.uck and few friends.
Tue Chinese think New Years day
IS the luckiest OF the year.
II you wash clothes on New Years day.
you u be sure to wash friend away
Turn your pillow at midnight of the
'1st of December and you will dream
1t brings good luck to place a piece
of money on the window on New
Years eve
II the first man you speak to on New
Years morning has his hands in his
pockets, YOU will have a hard time get
ing what money you want during the
year
II Is an old Dutch superstition that
YOU want TO marry the girl you love.
! your voice must be the first one she
! hears and your face the first she sees
| on New Years morning.
Superstitious folk consider it impor-
tant to notice whom you meet the first
thing on New Years day. If it is a
man. You will have good luck, if a
die within year; if policeman, you
Will have litigation.
The first person of the opposite sex
you meet on New Years day will bear
the Christian name of your future
partner.
If ice melts on January l it will
freeze on April l.
Feed tho birds uall op Na,,,
morning by placing sheaf of wheat
or barley or some bread outside YOU
house. then good luck will attend you
: and good crops and prosperity come t,
YOU during the whole year.
! On New Years eve take your hymn
S book to your bedroom, blow out the
{ lamp, open your book and mark {
pillow. and sleep on it. Next morning
read the hymn, and it will indicate
the events of the year.
It is unucky to have clothes hang
! ing on the line when the New Year /,
2 born.
t Cook cabbage on New Years da,
/ and YOU will have good luck all til,
year.
Decorated apples stuck on thre
Skewers are exchanged for luck ol
New Years day in Great Britain
Burn all the visiting cards tina
have been received throughout TIA
year on January |. If you keep thel
from year to year You viii have ba
luck.
= IL -.
with a calendar before the New Yea
comes in You VIII he behind hand /
all your undertakings during he yea
In Japan oranges are hung up o
New Years day as charm TO inSur
the long life Of the family.
+ The Chinese believe il bad luck
n pay NIL of outstanding accounts on III
: last Of the year and begin fresh an
n straight on New Years day
j., Just before midnight on New Year
eve the Chinese put ON new or clea
garments. SO as TO enter the new yet
purely and thus gain good fortune
y themselves
On New Years night II was an o.
Y Welsh custom with the wise and cou
II ageous old men of the parish to S
10 up all night in the church porch. G
II that night. IL was said. voice, ema
Ia ating from beneath the altar tabl
pronounced the names of those wi
should die within the coming year.
Your conduct on New Years day
d forerunner of your conduct all Il
Ie year.
IA