Show WHY of superstitions by H arvino kinq TIGER LILIES TN THC enral districts of new eng 1 land the middle states and the middle west there Is a common su that looking closely into a tiger illy ft cause freckles here Is another instance of the persistence in modern man of the primitive mind an example of how it ranks today ju as it did in the dawn of the ages the tiger illy Is a native of china and was not introduced into the west ern world until comparatively modern yet this gorgeous speckled flower at once arouses in the ancon that old old belief in homeopathic magli so firmly held by our primitive ancestors like causes ilka this and nature worship sometimes separately sometimes interwoven have boon the parents of the ma bority of the ancient cults of ancient and modern superstitions it Is ao interesting fact though that while the persistent perpetu ates in popular superstitions other folds of ancient such superstitions ions are inherited as it were have a definite pedigree vatch can be traced so too those inherited from nature worship and lie cults of heathen gods and god desics but the generative day tol those tones of agona magic alone retains such vitality that it Is able to create new superstitions from day to day so if yon look into a freckled tiger illy you will be freckled yourself Is a super which though widespread ja modern creation 1 g by mcclue |