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Show Lc:i; Liet of Eelleft i Based on Superstition A v.'oriitn recently died because her ;: -; 'i ion would not allow her to ' in ;i doctor on Friday. Saturday ; v.;-? Hio late. That superstition Is ill Hf , is to some extent proven by ! tiiH ij.-i tliat hundreds of thousands of ( !e still consider that it la on- I ! .i l t.i w.-tik under ladders. That It : N im ii-. k.v to spill salt. That three .:mlkf oti a table bring bad luck. ; Tluit crossed knives spell unhapplness. j That to out one's nails on a Friday Is , In co-irt disaster. That the new ' moon s-.'cu through glass Is an evil por-UMit. por-UMit. That to open an umbrella In the liou-e means misfortune. Similarly, Imiv m.iny Londoners do not believe Hint Ii Is lucky for a black cat to ; cross one's path, or that to fall np-rH.-tJri spells a wedding. There are I'l-iilialily several million people In K'i:.ian.l today who exclaim "Touch wood" on the slightest provocation, in the country villages of England the Inhabitants' firmly believe that to see a white horse means the presence in i be vicinity of a red-headed girl, while a cross-eyed villager Is still an object of suspicion to be combated by crossed J misers and a whispered Incantation. Sailors and Irishmen are unanimously awanled pride of place among believers believ-ers In superstitions, nevertheless the I.muloni i- is hard to beat. London Mail. |