Chinese Superstitions.
A gjrl who is partaking of the last meal she is to eat, in her father's house previous to her marriage sits at the table with her parents and brothers ; but she must eat no more than half the bowl of rice set before her, else her departure will be followed by continued scarcity in the domicile she is leaving. If a bride breaks the heel of her ghoe in going from her father's to her husband's house, it is ominous of unhappiness in her new relations. A piece of bacon and a parcel of sugar are hung on the back of a bride's sedan chair as a sop to the demons who might molest her while on her journey. The ,' Three Banoful Ones ' are fond of salt and spices, and the l\\ hito Tiger ' likes sweets. A bride may be brought home while a colfin is in her husband's house, but not within a hundred days after a coffin i 3 carried out. Domestic troubles are sure to come upon one who is married within a hundred daysaf tera f uncial. A bride, while putting on her wedding garmpnts, stands in around, shallow basket. This conduces to her leading a placid, well-rounded life in her future home. After her departure from her father's door her mother puts the basket over the mouth of the oven to stop the mouths of all who would make adverse comment on her daughter, and then sits down by the kitchen range, that her peace and leisure may be duplicated in her daughter's life. A bride must not for four months after her marriage enter any house in which thero has x*ecently been death or a birth, for if she does there will surely be a > quarrel between her and tho groom. If a young, mother goes to see a bride, the visitor is looked upon as the cause of any calamity that may follow. ' '
A sheriff who went out to stop a prizefight became so interested that he bet £10 pn the result of the contest, and waved his hat over the finish. , , If you want to have a man for your friend, never get the ill-will of his wife. Public opinion is made up of ; the,averago prejudices of woman-kind, ''
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 282, 18 July 1888, Page 3
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