Show christina christmas superstitions the united states Is almost poverty stricken in so far ar as its collection of superstitions Is concerned our early settlers ett lers having tailed failed to import ganv from europe and not adopting those of the indians indiana of courie course some of us don t like to see the new moon over the left shoulder or tart start on a journey on friday and end the like but few of 0 us take even these very seriously we must go to the old coun tries to get got superstitions with any genuine thrill in them there are a number which have to do with christ inas in north germany where the yet poetic spinning wheel till still bums hums in the cottages one must not spin pin during the 12 nights of christ M as lest be he or she walk after death to the american reader it may occur that this would probably be more disturbing to others than to ones one s self if the spinning Is done after sunset on saturday mice will eat the work it if one wishes to have money and good luck tuck all the year one should not tall fail to eat herring on new year is day |