SUPERSTITIOUS.
Thel followining ■ superstitious, :, handec down by tradition, are yet fervently believec in;— I Whjte specks on the nails are luck,- . Whoever reads epitaphs loses his memory. To took the cradle, when empty, ia injurious to the child, : -/ :
To eat while a bell is tolling for a funeral eausesjt-oothaehe, ' ' Th'e'crowing of a hen indicates;some approaching disaster. Whta a mouse gnaws a gown somo misfortune may be apprehended,
He who ha 3 teeth wide asunder must seek lis fortune in some distant land,' ' :
Whoever finds »four-leaf clover-sham-rock-should wear it for good luck. '' Beggar's bread.should bo given to children who are slow in learning to speak. ■ If a:child less than twelve months:old be brought into a cellar; he becomes fearful; : When'children play soldier on the hill-side it forehodes the approach of wan : .. A'child grows proud if suffered to look into a mirror while less than. twelve months old. - ,• 1
He who proposes moving into a new house must send in'beforehand bread and a new. broom, ■
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1043, 8 April 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)
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163SUPERSTITIOUS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1043, 8 April 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)
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