Foretold by Animals.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 7 August 1914, Page 8

Foretold by Animals.

There are very many superstitions connected with wild anbii.ils. In the case of a lion, it is believed that the wearing of a claw of tins animal will bring great strength.

People connected with circuses and shows have a saying that v, \u--\ lions get restless and uneasy, either ill-luck or extremely bad weather is at hand, and that when they continually wash their faces in catlike fashion they are likely to have fits of ill-temper in the near future.

Numberless are the superstitions associated with the tiger. The natives of India believe that its whiskers are a deadly poison, and that when finely chopped and secretly put into a person's food they will assuredly cause death. What is known as .the "evil eye" is greatly dreaded in India, and ,to avert this parents hang the claws of tigers round the necks of theirichildren.

To see a wolf is supposed to be a good sign, but if a man sees a wolf before the wolf sees him, then he will either become dumb for the time or lose his voice.

F'"or a hare to run across anyone's path is considered aye had

■sign in some parts of England, because in olden times it was believed that witches transformed themselves into hares, in order to bring, had hick to their enemies.