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Show THE BORN-LOSE- By ART SANSOM 77 rCv ii 11 ABOUT A MEW HOW PCSY? TH P:we 7 VRlkHT1 lrlJ Al WW EYE HE i TE,) I J Ec5J J 1,7 afl'LETS HAVE isy J M A LOCK AT By HEIMDAHL toe 13 co serf R suy man. Every country or section of the world has its own beliefs and superstitious customs. And there are few people even today Tict nf cnnorctit inc who are completely free of superstitious belief. For example, those of primitive people who people still knock on wood for had no understandng of the law s cood luck. This goes back to the belief that trees were the oi naiui e. And the superstition aboit a black cat crossing your path goes to the Middle Ages. It was believed that black oats were the companions of witches seven years the cats themselves changed into witche a We hear, see read advertising black cat therefore might really slogans practically wherever w go. The word "slogan" comes homes of the gods. You touched be a witch in your path! an old Gaelic '.from Every tiling around them was word a tree, asked a favor of the a mysttn to them lightning, FUN TIME word "slaugh.gairm'. The wood knocked on the then gods, meant "army" and "slaugh" rain, eclipses, birth and death. to give thanks. ' The Riddle Box When they saw a flower growmeant "yell". So it i"gairm-: of a under tadfear The walking ing from a tiny seed or a 1. Where was the Declaration originally meant a war cry! pole becoming a frog, they were ladder goes back to the belief of Independence signed? 2. Why Win The New sure there were unseen spirits that a leaning ladder made a Book of Know, around. ledge Ye arhuok. Send your rid. triangle with the wall and the But since life in those times floor, and a triangle was a symThe coat of the mule dies, jik.s, to; "Riddles, Jokejj was hard and full of danger, bol of life. Anyone walking loses its bluish summer cast Tell Me Why'" Give Zip Code. primitive man decided there through this sacred triangle and turns to slate grey in fall Today's winner is: Laura Ben and winter. were moie bad spirits than good would be punished! der, Sheffield Lake, Ohio. tiu'l-jv'- I ONE GOES WITH YER SX 1 The feelings about the number are hurricanes named aftei when girls? 3. How do you drive a go back to the rran first learned to count. By baby buggy? using his ten fingers and two feet as units he came up with WHY WE SAY IT the number 12. What stretched 13 was unkown and beyond therefore mysterious to early ones. His problem was to figure out how to keep the evil spirits happy ana satisfied so they would not harm him. He invented all kinds of charms and tokens. An dthus out of ignorance and fear came superstitions. By A. I.EOKUM the New Book of Knowledge (SO volumes). Send your questions, name, age, address to "Tell Me Why!" care of this paper. Include Zip Code. 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