RED A LUCKY COLOUR.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 414, 26 October 1889, Page 6

RED A LUCKY COLOUR.

Red was considered very potent in warding off the evil eye. In a time of trouble, when the evil eye was •specially triumphant, all the red tape in a certain county of England was bought up to ward off its baleful influence. The remains of this superstition still prevail, for many people believe that a red string around the neck is* an excellent remedy for asthma, measles and mumps. The preservation of faith in red still exists, as is ehowti in the great confidence which obtains in the medical virtues, of red flannel and the belief that the milk of the red cow is better than that of a coir of another colour. The German peasant, if he cuts himself, thinks he stanches the blood better with a red ribbon. This may be accounted for, not only because of tradition, but the fact that blood would not form to startling a contrast when wetting a red ribbon as when wetting a white one. A Southern friend tells' me that the negroes make a doll of red flannel, with the five needles stuck in it crosswise, and place it ineide of a child's bed or mattress to keep off all of the diseases to which children are subject.

" The World's Fair." So aay half a score of exchanges. But the man who is unfortunate trill tell you the world's foul. However, it's all one, for Shakspere saya, 11 Fair ia foul, and foul is fair." A lady advertises in the London " Times " that sho " gives lessons in * tennis,"