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Show NEW YEAR ! Omens of good and bad luck always have been associated with the New Year, all founded more or less on the supposition that supreme su-preme power was vested in an unseen un-seen deity who could bring good luck if properly appeased, and mete out punishments if offended. Among the old superstitions are many quaint customs that have been observed for centuries and have come down almost to this day .and age. They include: j To bring good luck, one must wear something new on the first day of the year. This is an old English belief. j In some parts of England and Scotland it is believed to be un- iJwmMEy lucky to leave the house on New Year's Day until some outsider has entered in. There is also an old superstition concerning the weather told in an )d legend as follows: "If New Year night wind bloweth south, It betokeneth warmth and jrowth; If west, mnch milk, and fish . In sea; If north, much cold and storms there'll be; If east, the tree will bear much fruit. If northeast, flee it, man and brute." It was considered unlucky also for one to make a present on New Year's until one had first been received. |