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Show 9 MANY IDEAS ABOUT THE PIN Superstition of All Kinds Has Bean Gatherad Around Humble Household House-hold Implement. During the reign of James I., the rnttal pins came Into familou. I 3817 machine for producing entire 31ns was Invented by an American. '" Hunt, but tt remained for Samuel Wright, ol Maaiiaehusetta, to patent lu 124 the wonderful plu makln ma chine which la generally used today. A certain amount of witchery and romance has always been aePncluted with tbe bumble pin. In olden times It waa regarded bn a charm against, and also as ao Implement of witch-craft. witch-craft. Witches were supposed to force their victim to swallow plus, while, on the other hand, put stuck In the heart of an atlrr.al aid carefull preserved pre-served were considered the ap.-ro ptlate autldute to evil Influences, lu I V'lee there erlsteJ a grim euperhtl-, euperhtl-, tion that a toad pierced with plus j would cause the life of an enemy to , w ither as tbe pocr crta'ure itself alow-, alow-, ly died. In HuHsht it Is considered unlucky to inert a prlext on leaving a houae a state of affair which can only be remedied by throwing a pin at him; and in Iceland If a iiiiiq la suspected of walking after death, plnn I and needles aro thrust into the feet ' of the corpse. I Readers of Romance will remember I hoit people wele believed to bo be-witched be-witched and led to lingering death by regularly sticking pins Into wax t Ml , gles of them. Even today In the barn ! country a favorite "charm" to make , the cream churn into butter la the j dropping of hot pins into It. i . |