Show y A of Odd and aud p nu About animal Pall Mall Guette There are any superstitious in retard regard to antman some me or ot which bleb can caa with a Ut Uttie Ue U thought t easily y b be accounted tor but there ur an are also many more murs 01 Ut course are UtI merely Iy traditional everal veral animals ar 1 are supposed to tu b be asie to fore foresee see pee in iD tit lie Uk weather swallows for tor instance fly rl close ct to tu the ground Detore rain so do gnats Ii the inference is obvious Hedgehogs are ie said to oe De able to tore ore see a 1 coming storm and it n is ii an aa od say sY sayin y lag in in iD sum mum parts puta ot of the u Lb country be De belore Delore lore tore rain hog hega run rua grunting home It is I an old oid superstition teat mat it a croaks an odd number r of times umea in tn tile morning it will be tk a wet t cay tay if even number it will b be fine Frogs rop are sup aup supposed supposed posed poNd to indicate bad weather eather by croan croaning ins ing more than and a storm may IDaY sine also be expected when wh lieD n oo walow ow a in tn inthe inthe the be dust duat A 4 LIbere is some so nd and easily reason n for the idea a that ants Ulta become unusually busy buey before rain but it is difficult to find any origin orin o of the old superstition that the eggs eap of I these theM animals are an for tor love tore loveIt loveIt It is II a curious thing that the hairs of ot certain an a tins Is are supposed d by some superstitious persons to possess curative I properties for instance it is believed by I some that three hairs taken from the buck back of ot an n ass M will cure the whooping cough but the te ass asa from fro which bleb the hairs are an taken takeD will die dle again there is Ii a be belief belief lief bet that if a dug dog bits you any evil eon con consequences sequences Cea may be prevented by applying three of the dogs doga hairs hair to the wound woun wounA A fried tried Mouse uee is considered a specific for smallpox while on o the other hand band to eat oat food which w b a mouse moUN has baa nibbled is I saM aid to give lve a sore throat Another r certain cure for tor whooping cough eo believed in is to ask uk s a man riding a piebald horse bone for fur advice and to do whatever that man may advise Piebald horses ones figure Oure In hi a great number of superstitions 1 here are many man animals that the super consider coder It unlucky to kill Amon them may y be mentioned a ladybird A martin a robin a stork and s ar money spider while lIe to kill a mi rei means that you ou will win break a It before the tb year is III out Many animals are also supposed to toI herald death and superstitions in this I direction are so numerous that only oaly a afew afew afew few can be mentioned here The most moat commonly known is the clicking or tap tapping in ping DIu of the beetle bastle called a death watch waLe which Is reckoned as a an omen of 01 death to some one in Ip the house hoWle Swift alft dispels this superstition with Chambermaid a this worm a adeath ad death d watch a watch It always cries mea Then Thee woe b ie I to In the tile house hoes that hi Per sure as a p gust thy they give up u tile the ghost beIt But ay kettle awe of or hot bOt water In ia cures e the tbs timber Infected The omen oaten is broken the danger to Is over on The maggot Ot will wW l and the sick lek will re ye recover recover cover corer The ma o dog at night t pear near a ava bourn va ues Is Ii a wu to the death of ofa ofa ofa a sick inmate lama e as also ales the settling of a white pigeon on a house hoWle bodes death to some one ORe In the house bouse while again an anold anold anold old saying among unon the superstitious runs rUM No person can die dlf on a bed or pillow containing the feathers of a white pigeon That the gnawing In of furniture by rats rata presages death ath is ta slid also a common super superstition superstition u r To m meet et certain animals animal Is la con considered considered aide lucky luck whIle to meet t others is ii the reverse revere For Instance to meet a sow with a Utter litter of pigs pip Is I very lucky but It is unlucky if Ira a sow crosses II a travelers II path To meet t a weasel is lucky but should houM a hare run ran across the road in front of or you It bid bad fortune t We pure e In ha a few tew super regarding nU animals anima that are an more or less common eoannon If a eat cat thrice a cold eaId will wm run through the house The of a cat eat Indicates rood good goodluck edIf luck IU eto to a bride If bees bess swarm nn on a rotten tree It Is bI an omen ef of sorrow to come Ravens most st t Ill ef f birds tore fore forebode bode d pestilence The Tb baron bacon of wt swine killed In a waning moon will vm waste wt much in the cooking To see two wo o magpies flying together is 18 considered a bad omen m In banes shire It while an eld old Scotch rhyme runs Ones Onea On s sorrow nOW s erow twos mirth Threes a wedding wed diD fours f ur a birth Fives a christening ax a death Sevens even n heaven eight is I hell betl hellAnd betlAnd hellAnd And devil d his ane ant seT sel |