THE LUCKY MOON.
Thy <lo people hang up horse-shoes? For luck. Over the door of almost any old farmhouse or cottage you will find a horse-shoo nulled up. Ask the owner where the luck comes in. and ten to one he cannot tell you. The origin of the superstition is interesting. From earliest time the moon, the new moon especially has heen looked ■upon sb a lucky symhol, and the moon goddess was represented as wearing horns. In some old pictures Moses is shown as wearing horns when he descended *>om Mount Siuni. Hence the borsc-she symbol.
Policeman: "What's your numberP" Jones: "B.C. 762." Policeman: "I didn't ask you when the car was made —I only asked for its number!"
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19813, 3 December 1919, Page 6
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120THE LUCKY MOON. Star (Christchurch), Issue 19813, 3 December 1919, Page 6
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