Show i I HE CI-HE WHY o of f SUPERSTITIONS D By 11 H IRVING KING KINQ SHRINKING PORK THAT pork killed during the wane of ot the moon shrinks unduly In Cu Is staled stated by the tie A Lore Lore society to be a general Jeneral sus su superstition In lu the tile United States Slates W We have hn here bere something of ot the magic roa l of association the waning moon mon the wan waning lug ing pork but the superstition appears to he be mainly nn on inheritance of ot those tho e Ideas which since the moon goddess was first worshiped have e the different phases of ot the moon with terrestrial affairs tint Hut why Is the pig pl selected as ns the whose Mesh would lu III If It killed In the wane of ot the moon It may he asked answers that b when wilen he states that It Wll O unlawful to sacrifice n pl pig pis to any god Joc but bUI the noon moon and anil and only nt at the lie full tull moon And ex except on un these occasions people cuple were to eat eal of ot Its s flesh lesh We kill a n pi pig to 10 eat Its pork we pork S to the tattoo nut lint the mown Is not nol we full full we have ha sacrificed tully fully Something will happen huppen to that pork therefore therefore- The moon moan I is waning the pork which we cook to III eat will do likewise Of course HIP Ilse farmer Is not aware of the law V as ns lild lall down by hut but he ht hn tuns Inherited from unnumbered Ih the belief that flint the itie pork lork will and he belles believes It to be b a fact el a by McClure McClur Nela r |