CURIOUS CUSTOMS.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 27, 2 April 1907, Page 2

CURIOUS CUSTOMS.

STRANGE THINGS THEY DO A.imOAII. A Chinese gentleman often presents his intended bride with a pair of geese, ami they are regarded as emblems of conjugal fidelity. The head of an Eskimo family gives his doctor a fee as soon as lie comes if the patient recovers, it is kept ; if not it is returned. in Bolivia the natives of the interior wear hats and skirts made of the. bark of a tree, which is first soaked in water and then beaten until pliable. In .Siani the number of rooms in a house, of windows or doors in a room, even of rungs on a ladder, must always be odd. Even numbers are considered unlucky. In Germany it is considered necessary that a child should "go up" before it goes down in the world, so it is carried upstairs as soon as born, in case there are no stairs, the nurse mounts a table or chair with the infant. Ladies seldom rise in Spain to receive a male visitor, and they rarely accompany him to the door. For a Spaniard to give a lady—even his wife—his arm when out walking is looked upon as a decided violation of propriety.