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EJJI* • 1 i r, i:&:> PAGE 20-PLAINDEALER-FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1972 YOUR SUPERSTITIONS - - HOW THEY BEGAN Did you ew wish on a » falling star? Or try to avoid | bad luck by knocking on I wood? If you have, don't feel alone because practically everyone you know caters to ^ at least one pet superstition. The idea of a lucky star » dates all the way back to the | Nativity and the Star of Bethlehem, while knocking | o n w o o d c o m e s f r o m England's ancient Druids. These people believed that their gods lived in trees and would grant favors to those who touched the bark of • their woodsy homes. If some wooden things are lucky, "why," you may ask, " a r e w o o d e n l a d d e r s associated with misfortune?" T h i s s u p e r s t i t i o n s t e m s from early mystics who saw the triangle as a symbol of the Trinity and, hence, eternity. They were sure that anyone unwise enough to barge through the triangle made by an open ladder would be tempting the fates, fates that might retal iate by- pushing over a paint bucket or two. The Bible is full of Friday calamities, l ike the fall of Adam and Eve, the f lood, the confusion at Babel and even the death of Jesus Christ . And when you add to fateful Friday the number 13 (there were 13 people at the Last Supper), the result is a combination that awes many a superstit ious cit izen. No less a personage than Winston Churchill refused to travel on F r i d a y t h e 1 3 t h . P e t s u p e r s t i t i o n s a l s o abound in the more primitive parts of the world. Women of at least one central African t r ibe, for instance, are forbidden to eat l iver. The taboo was set up because the l iver is bel ieved to be the seat of the soul and, since women obviously have no souls, they shouldn' t be al lowed to acquire them at dinner. Today's l iberated young w o m e n , h o w e v e r , a r e breaking the more primitive - taboos of their modern society There has, for example, been a great change in women's at t i tudes toward the whole subject of feminine hygiene. Recognizing a good thing when they see i t , the "with i t" generation readily a c c e p t s a n d u s e s n e w products l ike Carefree brand tampons, that gently and invisibly adjust to fi t a woman's inner contours with total comfort . Convenient , neat and easy to use, these t a^m pons insure safe protection and have no need for bulky, r igid applicators. Do you cover your mouth when you yawn? Most people do, because they think i t 's a rule of good manners and et iquette. Beginning, with a superst i t ion, and not good manners, this manner-ism g o e s w a y b a c k t o o u r ancestors of long ago, who believed that yawning would al low an evil spir i t to enter the body. Literal ly, they were a f r a i d o f " l o s i n g t h e i r breath." 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