Salt Lake Herald | 1907-02-17 | Page 9 | Queer Customs

QUEER CUSTOMS Chicago o News Every Eer year ear In the Rumal country In India about October a marriage lottery Is held The names of all ll the marriage marriageable able girls and of ot the young OUD men lit of the circle who wh want to get got married are writ written written written ten on slips of or paper and ud thrown into earthen pots From these they the theare are drawn against one another by the thel local l cal wise man This simply determines the fact that the Rumal rl has come out and Is ready rend to be married and the youth whose name is drawn against hers hera thereby obtains a letter of or introduction with ith authority to make love Immediately with what ardor and success he is capa capable ble of Very elj common in Japan is the custom of adopting children to keep a family name from becoming extinct There Is scarcely sc a family in III which it Jt has not at som om time lIme or other been observed A person who has haJ no ho nom male le issue adopts a son lion and if he tie has a daughter often gives her to the adopted son In marriage A youth or a child win whO may be the head of the family occasionally adopts on the point poin of qC dying din a ason son older OHler than to suc sue succeed need eee him himA himA A superstition la is prevalent In III Inmany inmany many English villages village When it g woman te It J going to be married every effort is 1 made to O prevent her ber from s her wedding ved ln ring before the ceremony a It tt b Ii 18 considered that a sight eight of It except at Uxa Is bound to bring bad luck l C