Show the ahm of supers superstitions aly DI H K KINC i THE NEW MOON 0 SEE the new moon over the right TO Ts I 1 shoulder houlder bring brings good luck over the left shoulder ch bad luck thie this superstition Is general throughout england and the united states except in alabama where it is eald said they consider it better to see the new moon first over the left shoulder it ie Is curious how they should hate linie become tu twisted isted in alabama for the whole explanation of the superstition points to the right boulder shoulder ae as the fortunate one to see cc the moon over the ija idea ut luck in connection with the new moon Is a from the day days when the ere cres cent was as the symbol of lela isis from whom came all that was good and beautiful among mee men of te years ars ORO ago by the banks of the nile men accounted it lucky to ses ee the symbol of lots ial in to the sky as men do today by the bank banks of tile though most of the latter never heard of the bodd goddess to the h e right bh boulder part of th the ees 1 n that Is similar in origin to tl lie e superstition about getting out of bed right foot first and tpring springs from an association of ideal ideas fact facts and worde words thus most normal people uee use preferably the starboard etar board hand to do hinge things alth which thui thus become becomes the right hand to use and by extension exten iton the terra term It right has bas come to be applied to all that bide side of 01 the body to see the new moon right see it over the right shoulder it may be aked asked why over the houlder shoulder at all it if Is because of the idea associated with the word right in right shoulder Bh Q by maclure 0 |