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Show Gambler's Superstitions. The tiger is the god of the gambler In China, and a tiger's tooth is regarded regard-ed as a talisman for good luck in speculation and in games of chance, while the claws and whiskers are. worn as love-charms, and for success and good fortune generally. Pigs are also considered lucky, and luck-bringers in the shape of little pigs made of gold and silver are worn to attract fortune's favors; but the black cat, which, in our own country, is regarded as a mascot, is not favored by the Chinese, who believe it to be a harbinger of poverty, misfortune and sickness. |