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Show SUPERSTITION HARD TO DOWN Quaint Belief in Reference to Wedding Wed-ding Customs That Prevail in This and Other Countries. There are more superstitions in reference ref-erence to the marriage ceremony than in reference to any other in common life. They refer to such matters as the clothes to be worn by the bride, to the year, month and day of the wedding. wed-ding. In Sweden it is believed that if a girl is fond of cats she will not be an old maid. We should expect the opposite. oppo-site. One of our proverbs says lhat it is ill luck for a bride to see her face in a glass by candle. Another that a wedding wed-ding feast postponed bodes bad Jack. Bees must lie told of a wedding anit get some of the cake. The pins used in the dress of the bride at her wedding wed-ding must be all thrown away; if retained re-tained by the bridesmaids they will not -marry before Whitsuntide. A girl must beware of being three times a bridesmaid, for she never will be a bride. It augurs ill for a wedding if a bride-does bride-does not weep profusely. No witch can shed more than three tears, and those from her left eye only. A copious copi-ous Mood of 'tears gives assurance to the husband that the lady has not plighted her troth to satan and is no-witch. no-witch. Philadelphia Inquirer. |