Show THE WHY of superstitions by H KINQ OVER THE LEFT MONO children it Is common after inal ing a false statement to iy ay the left this Is frequent in so low a tone that the addressed cannot hear it but althe child s mind the over the left cs aay or neutralizes alie sin of athe lac if the words are uttered so be heard the hearer at once kows that the statement just made lo 10 be taken ils ll 11 true one seitei mong adults too the words over left are not infrequently added to ji ent to convey the idea that it 1 to be taken in just an opposite tili for se a statement into a sUc athe idea of the power of magical ad oer le cocci en afe 17 cronl the superstition ith regard to right hand and left epand an idea applied by extension to ahe and left of the entire body fea adea id arlof 13 as the right fea ls the hand to 10 things aa pith the left hand consequently the ang one it naturally natu rilly follows that stood on the right and evil on J left former times the words over the fe considered much more by adults than they are now believed capable of changing a into a very potent curse in one bevell waters hav ing lost a JS t in the court at hartford conn yield 0 o the bench as he left the room t bless ya all over the left oni moulder the court took expert tei ite 10 pon alie remark from the two of the two hartford fh s who declared that waters rt loj the words of a curse the sl that can ordinarily ased the culprit was y fined b mcclur Mw syndicate |