Show old superstitions are still practiced potency of ring glove pin and the old shoe richmond va tn the life banish merit t fm from princess princes arms anna county va of annie ADDS rogers because she he we wab aid to have killed the mules else ot 1 be hec an one miss with a magic wand illustrate the sam aade alb latic spirit which causes many people the world over to endow common commonplace lace objects with are am fletie powers seventy year old an ale AID a wand was a cane which she used to support her aged body the a negro a folk of princes anne anna bocz county however believed it to be the staff ot of a marcu sorceress or ceress reme have benca in tha caad now keeps keep company with othet other t favorite a ribe chemes charms which iam 9 clovea oves stockings nga shoes shoe nd and even evea PI pins a many agnold an and traditions have en shrouded wl with th mystery th ring for instance has haa always ang been ba occult token taken an n emerald ring the superstitious still believe en an do flows Us its m wearer me with pure dum thought should the same ring be broken how ever it becomes become a harbinger of 2 fr tor tune and of a decline fr from virtue M many y of the housewives ot if the pre in still carry to in their borle porle pockets or about their throats a toadstone loadstone ring ft A practice established mra centuries teries ago to pree preserve reve the mother and he her 1 in yon tanta is from evil 11 ilace influences A As a curative the ring la IS also cher ishad it Is still used by the european p following the dels advice use wi w amulets I against A at goes agues which sir th thomas browne gave life his patients more mom the than years yeara ago saher asther rings are especially useful in curing caring cramps fit alta and epileptic attack the simple english houses house believes lead and quicksilver rings moreover ore are lit highly g aly prized as ent enemies andes to head bead aches quaint old customs me many ny quaint old customs and super millions featuring the glove still eur fatur vive A pair ot of gloves was placed on a long pole a as a means meana of ad pausing or opening a tali felt I 1 in bag bagone days day and this custom still ton continues tontines tInes 1 in many day parts of england in 1 S it times moreover the gauntlet was a as a token of the privilege of holding a in market ket and as a mark of the kings ki ag ct consent according to sir walter scott the phrase times right as my glove I 1 signified I 1 that 1 I P pledging 9 a 4 glove was a sign of et adga g good or g ink taking g on onea aith th mary many other attributes were ocre assigned to the glove it was waa when worn were in the hat bat a testimony in A ancient alent lent times that its m wearer or was a a g good d f farmer the glove h has A aldaya iy ay signified dignity especially in the bu traditions dOhm of the 1 ca church 1 1 rah of if england 1 when ah 1 a 1 con 1 t r t 0 of a baal bishop aap t took P place two t the h S archbishop vaa presented with ith a pair little they were ware a of lavender color with go golden en fingers this hand de dicig wi was also 1 at alkaifi aaa bun aning g on the pews a of f th those ho who ile d died d Q early aly and d were urel it fe to bite the glove was a marli mark of dead ly or r revenge th the e familiar old shoe of the wed it ding mr ls la a tried token of good to luck ek ea how the custom kavtom ever originated Ig ltd 1 Is not at certain but it Is believed by many day to braz be a feigned attack up upon th the bridegroom gron tor for carrying oft off the bride this iden idea la is suggested by the early be barbaric that of 1 plating the bride against resistance others however hoever attempt to in tta the hurling of the wedding shoe to the custom of the ancient whalers god gd speed and ad good luck luch were lo in the daya day with throwing old siisea ili it at the vessels leal le al fis a they left the where j symbol of authority still another theory la 1 that which allows the wedding shoo shoe to become became the alie symbol of authority and dominion over the bride by the husband to receive a 4 alioe be in 1 biblical times inda rated the conferral of ownership just juat as aa the return of the shoe magni signified ad the relinquishing of 0 it in this period th the father owes kept the di discarded waded she shoe of if ills him daughter As aa a of him bis possession and it is believed by some borne that the fore lifer practice it at modern weddings la Is only the persistence of 0 the old custom in which the father threw the shop shoe at his new man aon 1 in law as it a sign of surrendering hla his proprietorship etor ship met t er the bride like ehrea have many legends and beliefs woven about them i to wear was a stocking inside out at 1 Is still regarded ded as am lucky bad luck how ever overtakes tile the unfortunate a who beba finds out at her before taking lamas oft ff the stocking good luck away always awaits the person who has the via wl dom do of putting the right stocking 0 on first woe unto him or her bar it if the I 1 left r t la IS put on ma bar before the right even pins pica have been potent talla felt me men in the past anyone having ft a bitter enemy amory whom he wanted to pun ish had bad to do nothing but make a rod mile effigy os of his him fee boea alter after inscribing the time name of the enemy a on A the image alt 11 that was needed was we to stick 1 I it 1 aag full of at pins each pinhole causing p pain in that part of tile the victim a mento anatomy y which in miniature was already bs being ing stabbed wishing wells are am still popular trysting ir places tor for the lovers of nor manor andy S Sweetheart sath t a according zd to tradition will have love all their wish fulfilled by the simple expedient of making the wish and ad then dropping a crooked awaked pin in the well |