Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1920 — Highland Superstitions. [ARTICLE]

Highland Superstitions.

Did you know that if you lived In Scotland all salt cellars in the bouse must be full on New Year’s day, else the household will suffer want during the year? . ; - ' That is not the only superstition peculiar to Scotland. The country is full of them. For instance, the Highland nurses believe that' if an infant’s feet are put in snow he will never have colds during Bls iif& A regular practice among the farmers used to be the placing of honeysuckle branches in their cow houses .on May 2 to keep their cattle from being witched. j .A bad storm to prophesied when a cat frolics about a room. If the cat washes Its face with its paws before the fire, the coming day will be rainy.