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Show WHAT SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE Odd Superstitions That Are Prevalent Among the Inhabitants of European Euro-pean Countries. hi Spain tbe wedding Is spoiled tf one of the guests appears entirely In black or if the bride looks into a mirror mir-ror after orange blossoms and Toll are faatene! in her headdress. When a person's hair ends split It Is taken by the superstitious for a sign that she Is either a witch or has been bewitched As blond hair splits more readily than dark hair, all witches, sprites and sorcorcesses have blond or red hair, according to popular belief. I Likewise, according to the standard of art. On toe marriage eve there Is often muoh good natnred riTah-y between the groom and the bride In the Slav conntrles as to who shall blow out the candle, for the porson who does will be "first to die - It is Impossible to trmoe the origin of this superetltion. yst It prTils In aristocratic socloty as well a jn the peasant's hut, even as ltke thia. that to Insure the life and haalth of the ohlMron" tha woman wom-an must occupy the right vide of the bed In addition, she mnst not amohe before her forty-fllth year. There is a superstition in this country coun-try snd many others against burning a broom The bud of biroh broom Is need in southern Germany as a preventive pre-ventive agamat erysipelas These bads, a piece of yellow n-ajt and some ether articles, are Inclosed in a pink I silk baT, sectrred with red silk and worn on th back of the neck The person mut change his shirt every FYiday |