Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1917 — Salt Superstitions. [ARTICLE]

Salt Superstitions.

The kernel of all the salt superstitions seems to be this: Salt cannot be. corrupt, and has, therefore, the title to be regarded as a symbol of injmortallty. In Ireland it was for long the custom to place a pewter plate containing salt <upon the heart of the corpse until burial. Then, with coals and holy water, it was thrown into the grave.