The soldiers of the Kaiser are very superstitious, from the men in the ranks to the Crown Prince. The chicf Hun's oldest son carries a horseshoe with him on all his motor trips. The horseshoe is attached to one of the doors of the car. The soldiers of Wurtemburg pin their faith upon a little bag containing the dry pollen of flowers, which, they believe, has the power of warding off the bullets. The Saxons sew into the lining of their waistcoats the wings of a bat, and think themselves to be invincible; while the Bavarians hold on tenaciously to a still more bizarre custom. Before going into battle each soldier finds a birch tree, cuts his skin, and lets a few drops of blood fall upon the tree. This ceremony, they assert, assures recovery, no matter what the nature of the wounds, when the leaves begin to grow again.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 25 October 1917, Page 3
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