Show Superstitious Customs. l Many of our customs dato back to tho dark ages and are based on superstition. super-stition. We sit up with our dead because be-cause long ago our ancestors kept watch by night lest ovll spirits come and bear the body away. Wo shake hands with tho right hand becauso that Is the dagger hand and means that wo disarm ourselves in tho preiicnce of a friend. Wo bow the head In passing others because our ancestors wore wont to bow boforo tho real oko of tho oppressor. op-pressor. Men baro their heads becauso be-causo they had to unmask In the days of chivalry before tho queen of beauty. |