| Show SOME ODD THINGS ABOUT CHRISTMAS CHRI lyl ro M N groeco the are gen brally us roero more tricky sprites who live OB as a rule under fraund to men only on the tile nights of the tile year between december 25 and jancay 6 they pasa pass tho the daye days during this period in dark caverns hero they sub flat on serpents and lizards end and come borth to danco dance in tho tile moonlight cither either alone or in company with the nor olds elds ond and also with mortal women if it they can luro lure any to join them on the beet best timo time to catch I 1 1 a deer IB Is on christmas wilt at twelve oe lock when hon they bellevo the door knees kneels i it 0 ap girls can learn during arthe thu christmas season whether or not the aro going to to bu bo married within tho coming oar car at midnight they enter tho the stable and tho tile foot of the first ox they across saying thie this year next u if tho the ox gote gets up at the drat first stroke tho the girl 1 will III marry within the year your it it get gote up at tho the second ho lia inar marriage ringo will tako take place the year following if it doos not get got up lip at all tho tilo gods havo not yet decided on her wedding data dato N many countries whore thoy go by I 1 IN tho the old calendar la Is celebrated january G tho tile celebration beginning twelve days before 0 a r tAK BS weighing from froin one onelio 10 counis aride in friedrich Fried rioh bradt they place them in exalted and play to them kopro sen benting Bent lne ting as they day they do st nicholas of rye breed brand they illey make inake a boar or hog kox alx six or seven inches high with kilt glit snout and tail tall with gold ring around ita its knees the burnees bue neeS bg man at put goode goods they have exhibited for ealo eale on a revolving disk and raffle them off 0 4 kind jemis or child kiebus 1 jesus presides over all al christ mrs celebrations in holstein Holet eln he la Is to bring presents to the children and omo times punishes pun lihos has naughty 0 4 Christina ii lay in Dit marsh the 0 cattle get got au u extra allowance of fodder the rats aa and dogs too was got bettor betto r meale neals at times the cattle are admitted to the higher joi to tho the extent that a candle IB Is placed above the trough from which they feed just as each member of tho family has his ox own n candle in ado by himself I 1 hose caudales must bo be heavy and big for tho one that goes out first will die dle first 1 0 of the german germans believe that S born on christmas day have tho the power of seeing spirits and even of commanding them diels w HE after dinner dishes must not THE ba v washed at once chev must be left until ten ton minutes before mid when the young folks lake take them to a and wash them tor for in water they can ot at midnight see tho the faces of their future boners and sv sweethearts kneel in the stall at mid 0 OXEN night on christmas says english tradition th thoy y kneel aa as it in to u adoration of tho the catl v s HEN christmas d draws nea a ve very n W WHEN french family in easy birck arcus atances sends for a cask of wine win 0 and lays in a stock of southern fruit those who nho have been enemies pardon each other othor marriages aro are fixed mar ried pairs who have been separated are reunited POPULAR saving saing in spain fur A christmas day is tho the bird of dawning ning all night long to frighten away all ovil evil things 0 0 0 celebrations in mexico C CHRISTMAS begin december 17 and continue until december 24 each night a a festival to lafield hold nine in all an invitation being sent out to these posada I 1 posada means inn typifying the day the holy travelers joseph and mary alary sought in vain for rest and yuel ter HE lip young armenians Armen ians on christmas amas day pay hand kissing visits to their elder elders 0 0 0 0 learn the qualities of her future Thus TO husband band tho the doumanian Rou manian girl on christman eve partially disrobes dis robes loosens her belr bandages her eyes and braving the tile cold goes into the cour courtyard byard where she commences to count tho the in the hedge when ehe she reaches the ninth one eha sha liu bluds it t with ribbon or with threads of hair and d reenters re enters the house the next day iho examines ahaines tie c lake take it it Is upright sound her euband will III bo be young youn strong and handsome I 1 I 1 but beut her hue and will III be eld od and drw 4 |
