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Show FOnEiu.'J uELIEFS ARE CliEER Spanish Wedding Is Ruined if One Person Appears Entirely in Black Some Other Signs. In Spain the wedding is si oiled if one of the guests appears entirely In black, or If the bride locks into a mirror after orange blossoms rd veil are fast iu her headdress. When a person's hair ends split, It's taken by the superstitious for a sign that she is either a witch or has been bewitched. As blond hair splits more readily thau dark hair, all witches, spirits and sorceresses have blond or red hair, aocording to popular belief. Likewise, according to the standard of art. On the marriage eve there is often much good-natured rivalry between the 51-00 m and the bride in the Slav countries as to who shall Mow out the candle, for the person who does will be "Brst to die." It is impossible to trace the origin of this superstition, yet It prevails iu aristocratic society as well as In the peasant's hut, even as like this, that "to insure the life and health of the children" the woman wom-an must ocupy the right side of the bed. In addition, she must not smoke before her forty-fifth year. There is a superstition in this country coun-try and many others 8gainst burning a broom. The bud of birch broom is used in Southern Germany as a preventive pre-ventive against erysipelas. These buds, a piece of yellow wax and some other articles are enclosed in a pink silk bag, secured with red silk and worn on the back of the neck. The person must change his shirt every Friday. |