Show THE PEACOCK IN TRADITION why its feathers are considered unlucky here is an answer to the question why peacocks feathers are unlucky and I 1 trust that it will satisfy the lady on whose behalf I 1 made the inquiry says a writer in london truth whether this he the true explanation I 1 can not say but 1 should think it will 10 lo as well as any other A lady for whom I 1 lately searched notes and queries in quest of information on the reason for the alleged unluckiness of peacocks feathers has forwarded me a cutting from the current number of your journal 1 I found in notes and queries series III vol viii p a reference to pal cravea central and eastern arabia L we learn from that source that according to mahometano Maho tradition the peacock opened the wicket of paradise to satan and received a very ample share of the punishment awarded to him |