Show 11 I Ct he q Of Superstitions I K H. I r r e A VISITORS VISITOR'S FIRST CALL CALLIN CALLIN IN SOME SO parts of If the country It Is ft a superstition that It if you OU do not offer a vIsitor when he first calls upon you some refreshment even even If It I is only a drink ut of you ou will soon I Ibe be enemies whereas It if you rOll do you and your visitor will thereafter he friends ThIs Is an inheritance from our un an estor ot of the long vanished long vanished ages with whom whom-as with the nomadic i Arabs A f today today-It was the custom to give refreshment refreshment re- re freshment tu to the stranger who came n peace to the tent If the tent dweller was disposed to he be friend I ly And tIll the breaking of bread blend together to- to gether was the sign of n a bond ur of friendship But ut If the refreshment was refused the traveler naturally the enemy or of Ih the churlish tent tent and the tent tent dweller dweller was hIs And so so down through h the cen- cen centuries centurIes there ui lu hi different phases t of ch the custom ot of mating bread and salt together as a abond bond hond ot of amity I have eaten your bread and your salt aIt I have drunk of your our water and wine sings Ings KIpling Afternoon tea are not as ag a rule haunted by thIs superstition but you will find It In existence Itt III many rural dIstricts IJ Vi by McClure Syndicate 0 0 |