There are a number of practices, the origins of which are more or less obscure, that may be described as "popular superstitions." All that may be said of them is that they are traditional, that they have been observed since "time immemorial," and are, therefore, worthy of some notice, even if their only value lies in the fact that they are merely quaint and amusing.
Of chief interest among these, to the readers of the fair sex, at any rate, are the love charms and spells, which deal with all those matters touching upon affairs of the heart.
For a girl to meet her sweetheart or to kiss him for the first time under the light of a new moon is considered to be exceptionally lucky, for it means that she will soon become his bride...
Babies born at three, six, nine, or twelve o'clock are said to be exceptionally lucky. When they are grown up it is declared that they will be gifted with considerably more insight and ingenuity than the average person....
Some of the most superstitious people in the world are actors and actresses, many of them abiding most religiously by certain rules which are declared to ensure kind treatment from the Fates....
