. Dog and dogs. Dogs. Chapter XXIV Superstitions, Customs and Proverbs N ancient Rome a dog, in certain rela- tions, was considered unlucky. The worst throw of the dice was called "; The neighing of a horse was considered a good sign, the howling of a dog a bad one, for it announced a death. In Greece to-day a dog howling at night in or near the house portends a death in the neighbor- hood, as it did in the time of Theocritus. If a dog ran between two friends, the friendship was severed. Terence says: "What unlucky prodigies have be- fallen me! A strange black dog came into
. Dog and dogs. Dogs. Chapter XXIV Superstitions, Customs and Proverbs N ancient Rome a dog, in certain rela- tions, was considered unlucky. The worst throw of the dice was called "; The neighing of a horse was considered a good sign, the howling of a dog a bad one, for it announced a death. In Greece to-day a dog howling at night in or near the house portends a death in the neighbor- hood, as it did in the time of Theocritus. If a dog ran between two friends, the friendship was severed. Terence says: "What unlucky prodigies have be- fallen me! A strange black dog came into the house! A snake fell from the tiles into the courtyard! A hen crowed!" So Shakespeare in "Henry VI" says: "The owl shriek'd at thy birth, an evil sign; The night crow cried . . Dogs howl'd, and hideous tempests shook down ; If a wet dog shook himself within forty steps of a member of the Shah sect who was at 259. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harry, Joseph Edward, 1863-. New York : J. H. Sears & company, inc.
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