. The myths and fables of to-day; . tnesses, and in the KingsHighway, that is to say, the lawfully laidout public road, she thereby cleared herselffrom any old indebtedness. As amazing asit may seem, several such cases are recordedin New England, the formalities observed dif-fering somewhat in different localities. It is considered unlucky to get marriedbefore breakfast. If you marry in Lent,You will live to repent. May is considered an unlucky month to be married in. Marry in May, And youll rue the day. To remove an engagement or wedding ringfrom the finger is also a bad omen.^ To loseeither
. The myths and fables of to-day; . tnesses, and in the KingsHighway, that is to say, the lawfully laidout public road, she thereby cleared herselffrom any old indebtedness. As amazing asit may seem, several such cases are recordedin New England, the formalities observed dif-fering somewhat in different localities. It is considered unlucky to get marriedbefore breakfast. If you marry in Lent,You will live to repent. May is considered an unlucky month to be married in. Marry in May, And youll rue the day. To remove an engagement or wedding ringfrom the finger is also a bad omen.^ To loseeither of them, or to have them broken onthe finger, also denotes misfortune. It is extremely unlucky for either the bride 1 A reference to this is found in Coopers Spy. Of Love and Marriage 143 or groom to meet a funeral when on theirway to be married. It is an unkicky omen for the churchclock to strike during the performance of amarriage ceremony, as it is said to portend thedeath of one of the contracting parties beforethe year is IX OF EVIL OMENS A womans story at a winters fire. — Macbeth. TT 7E come now to those things considered* * as distinctly unlucky, and to be avoidedaccordingly. How common is the peevish ex-clamation of Thats just my luck! Spill-ing the salt, picking up a pin with the pointtoward you, crossing a knife and fork, or giv-ing any one a knife or other sharp instru-ment, are all deemed of sinister import now,as of old. One must not kill a toad, which, though ? ugly and venomous,Wears yet a precious jewel in its head,144 Of Evil Omens 145 or a grasshopper, possibly by reason of theveneration in which this voracious little insectwas held by the Athenians, whose favoritesymbol it was, although it is now outlawed,and a price set upon its head as a pest, tobe ruthlessly exterminated, by some of theWestern states. So, too, with the warningnot to kill a spider, against which, never-theless, the housemaids broom wages relent-less war. If, on the contrary, you do
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