Show s sVery Very Old Jid Superstition The super superstition concerning the spilling of or s salt lt Is derived from the ancient Romans Romans who used salt saIt In their sacrifices and regarded It ns as sacred to the the Pennies Hence to spill It carelessly was to Incur the dis dis- displeasure displeasure pleasure of q these these ese household divinities After accidentally spilling salt the thc ancient Roman Homan was wont to throw some over 1 his left the shoulder shoulder shoulder of III ill omen thereby omen thereby hoping to call away from his Ills neIgh Lor the wrath of deity and turn Jt it up I In the lie engraving ln of da Vinci's I Supper rt time the engra has hns represented Judas Iscariot as having o the salt cellar but according to to good authority the salt saltcellar cellar Is noto In Da this painting tills being merel merely an nn interpolation inter inter- interpolation interpolation ma mae a liy ly Raphael time the original male engraver of o the plate plate- plate Exchange |