An Old Superstition

Te Aroha News, Volume XXXIII, Issue 15711, 20 December 1915, Page 4

An Old Superstition

Odd bits of folklore still ex- - ist in *out-of-tha way places, It ? is,said that in remote districts following method is stiil adopted to iortell the course of the wheat market ■ throughout the year. , On Ist the .kitchen chimney is Well-swept and a fire of oak logs is lighted. Twelve,j graios of wheat are -.taken, haphazard from a bag, 4 ahd & young girl is askod to . throw one of the grains into the fire. If it burns quickly withput .jumping at all, the price . will go up. ' / ;If it burns *slowly, without j (imping, the price will' remain during the month. If it jumps a little the price will drop. "If it jumps much ~ .the.price will, fall heavily. This procedure is followed on jfche.; first of every month. But the report fails to state w whether the result has, been : found satisfactory. It may be ?/ aa ..tjoliable as any ordinary 4riPs c^a^on ‘