Show foundation for belief concerning third match there Is a multitude of superstitions which have become thoroughly Im bedded in tile the race mid and are observed seriously or humorously according to the temperament m e i some people nill not accept nth t the h e third ard light from a match because it signifies death or disaster the rhe origin of this superstition Is ia more understandable than some in time of war when a soldier lit a match it revealed his whereabouts to the hie enemy the sniper who nho saw the light lifted ills his gun to his shoulder at once there are three stages to firing ready cock tile the trigger min aim gun at shoulder and fire therefore the third soldier to r receive a light from the match was the one visible when nhen tile the sniper was ready to lire fire that Is liow how the third light from the match rame came by its sinister significance |