Show I I W i 0 Of I Superstitions f m Sy it 1 R 1 1 N G KIN KING U ii DROPPING BREAD IF YOU drop bread on the floor pick pIck It t up Immediately to leave It there would expose you to very great trouble In the near future This superstition Is but one ot of many In which lIngers the Idea ot of the ancIents with regard to the exIstence of a SpirIt ot of the Corn This corn com spIrIt vas to them something to be propitiated encouraged aged Its implored beneficence OJ oe Its niggardliness In the harvests meant for them or life death Volumes have been wrItten concerning thIs ancient worshIp of the SpIrit of the more Corn correctly the Spirit ot of the Grain and of nil aU edible farm products Many of the ceremonies connected with It exIst today In Europe In ht a form but little modified from the ancient ritual AntI Anil In the worship ot of the corn spirIt not only the s seed ed the growIng crops and the gathered sheaves but also the bread Into which the corn com was made had Its part So when bread Is dropped on the floor to let It lie there would be an Insult to the corn com spirit Therefore There There- tore fore pick It up at once 0 ct by McClure Newspaper syndicate |