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New Year Superstitions

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
January
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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Tlie foüowimg superstitions in conneetion witta New Year are still firmly belleved in various parts of Bngland, Irelancl, Scotland and Wales : On New Year's moriiing go to a well or foimtain and leave an apple and a nosegay, and the water will keep iresh and be more wholesome all tlie year. It is bad luek tó lend money on New Year's day. Don't par money out on New Year's day. Put mpney awuy 011 New Year's dav, And all the yenr yon will have money to pay. BeTore loldng the for the night on New Year's eve, place a gold coin near it, and let it remain there until the church bells ring the next mornimg, and you wdll have plenty oï money all that year. It is unlucky to have a woman to be your first visitor on Xew Year's day. Ii a dark complexioned man crosses your threshold first on New Year's day. iyou WJM be prosperous ; if a blond, unlueky, and if a redheaded man, dire disaster will surely foliow. So strong is the belief in this last adage in some places that dark complexioaied men are paid a small gratuity to eall early and walk through the first floor of the house, entering by the back door and leaving by the

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier