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Show OUR SUPERSTITIONS. Whoever reads epitaphs loses his memory. To rock the cradle when empty is injurious to the child. The crowing of a hen indicates some approaching disaster. To eat while a bell is tolling for a funeral causes toothache. When a mouse gnaws a hole some misfortune may be apprehended. When children play soldier on the roadside it forebodes the approach of war. He who has his teeth wide asunder must seek his fortune in a distant land. Whoever finds a four-leaf trefoil shamrock should wear it for good luck. Beggars bread should be given to children who are slow learning to speak. If a child less than twelve months old be brought into a cellar he becomes fretful. A child grows proud if suffered to look into the mirror while less than twelve months old. The following superstitions handed down by tradition, are fervently believed in may parts of America: |