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Show FOREIGN BELIEFS ARE QUEER 6panlsh Wedding la Ruined If Ona j Person Appears Entirely In Black Some Other Signs. In Spain the wedding Is spoiled If one of the guests appears entirely In black,' or If the bride looks into a mirror after orange blossoms and veil are fast In her headdress. When a person's hair ends split, it's . taken by the superstitious for a Blgn that she Is either a witch or has been j bewitched. As blond hair splits more readily than dark hair, all witches, spirits and sorceresses have blond or red hair, according to popular belief. Likewise, according to the standard of art. On the marriage ee there Is often much good-natured rivalry between the groom and the bride in the Slav countries as to who shall blow out the candle, for the person who does will be "tint to die." It Is impossible to trace the origin of this superstition, yet It prevails in aristocratic Boclety as well as hi the peasant's hut, even as like this, that "to Insure the life and health of the children" the woman wom-an must occupy the right side of the bed. In addition, she must not smoke before her forty-fifth year. There la a superstition In this country coun-try and masy others against burning a broom. The bud of birch broom la used In Southern Germany as a pre-, pre-, ventlve against erysipelas. These buds, a piece of yellow wax and some other articles are enclosed in a pink Ilk bag, secured with red Bilk and worn on the back of the neck. The person must change his shirt every Friday. |