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Show OLD NOTIONS ABOUT HOSIERY How Stockings and Their Use Figure In Superstitions About Customs and Dreamt. Stockings figure In somo curious su-porutltlons su-porutltlons touching old customs, especially espe-cially those connoctcd with marriage. Every ouo knows that thoro nro notions no-tions both lucky and unlucky. Among tho former It Is commonly hold that to put on any nrtlcle of clothing wrong side out Is decidedly a sign of good luck; but It must bo done accidentally, accidental-ly, nnd when the mtstnko Ib found out no change must be made, elso the luck will lmmedlutoly vanish. The Idea Is vory firmly hold about Btocklngs, probably prob-ably becauso It Is moro easy to make Buch a mistake In putting on n Btook-lng Btook-lng than In donning other garments It would be hard, Indeed, for a woman to put on hor dress or a man his coat or vost Inside out without noticing what ho wob doing, Sometimes folk are to bo found who have improved upon tho common notion no-tion or who have ovon revorsed It. Anothor superstition touching tho uso of hoso Is connected with dreaming. dream-ing. This Is n Scotch notion. If n porson bo about to Bloop In n bed that ho or Bho has never slept In bofore, tho certainty of dronmlng can bo assured as-sured by placing tho Blocking taken off tho rlqht foot under tho head. Not only will tho sleoper bo suro to dream, but the dreum will certnlnly come to PUSH, Of the suporstltlons nttnehod to marriage coremonles, most people hnvo hoard of "throwing tho stocking." stock-ing." This rito would hardly bo regarded re-garded now as consistent with modern notions of decorum, but It was highly, popular In former days. Tho coromony wns performed at tho conclusion of the wedding dny's festivities by young men and girls soatod at tho bod foot the former having tho bride's nnd the luttor tho groom's stockings whose object In throwing tho hoso backward over their heads was to hit, If possible, pos-sible, tho head, and especially the nose, of one or other of tho newly married mar-ried couplo. A successful shot meant marriage nt an early dato for tho thrower. Ttt-lllts |
