Show LUCK OF THE HORSESHOE I 1 popular superstition has ha been traced to an english demon of thir century why la is the horseshoe horses boa considered a sign of good luck leckt there la Is nothing especially pretty about a horses castoff iron shoe and no doubt not ono one horseshoe believer la in a million can tell why ho he treasures it the origin ot of the superstition can be traced back to the thirteenth cen tury the te monk gervayse Ger valse ot of tilbury in forms us that at that time there was a kind ot of demon in england which appeared as a horse rearing on its hind bind logs and with sparkling eyes whenever this apparition was seen it was a sign that a conflagration would soon oon break out hence as giving a kindly warning this mysterious horse horsa was regarded as a friendly spirit and the animal in general was believed to bo be a beneal cent mystic power I 1 A horse tooth carried in the pocket prevented tooth ache it was a sign of good luck to find a horseshoe and one was placed under tho the pillo pillow W 0 of f a 1 child to curo cure the colic or nailed against a building to prevent it catching fire this led to its general tion as a protective symbol stray stories |