GIPSY SUPERSTITIONS.

Western Star, Issue 2220, 8 July 1898, Page 6

GIPSY SUPERSTITIONS.

To see :i woll botb at the same time is the greatest luck that can befall a pair of gipsy lovers. Birds appear to be deemed ominous, and, as a mle, to bring misfortune. On the subject of courtship it is notable that no gipsy girl will listeu to a nightingale Hinging when in the company of her lover, for it is an ominous sign and denotes a separation. If a gipsy girl wishes Io know how saou she will marry, she whispers into the ear of the first donkey she meets, " Shall I soon have a husband ? " And, if, in reply, as it were, the donkey moves its eais, the girl knows that she will marry almo.'t immediately. Among gipsies a flock of iparrows is a sign that the love of the birds ami the bridegroom will soon vanish. Ravens or rooks at a wedding denote approaching poverty. If the birds lly to the right, the bride will soon tire of the union ; if to the left the husband will tire of the wife.

If a gipsy meets a woman upon entering a lawn, be will look upon it as a piece of good luck, and a sure sign that he will collect plenty of alms. Hut if, on the contrary, he should encounter a man, he will think of g« tting little or nothing, and of probably meeting with some misfortune.