Show i icu c cu for Belief C Third Match T fie T-fie ere Is a multitude of superstition tion which have Ila become thoroughly Im imbedded In III the race and lOll are ob observed ob- ob observed served seriously or 01 humorously ac according ac- ac according according cording to the Individual tempera tempera- temperament temperament temperament ment Some people will not accept the third light licht from a match because It si signifies death or disaster TIle The origin ln of this superstition is more un- un understandable un understandable le than some In time of war when a soldier lit a match it re- re revealed revealed re revealed his Ills whereabouts to the enemy The sniper who saw the light ht lifted his gun un to his shoulder at once There are three stages to tiring firing Ready Heady cock the trigger aim gun at shoulder and fire Therefore the third soldier to receive a light from from the match was the one visible when thE sniper was ready to fire That Is how the third light from the match carne came hy by hv Its sinister sl significance |