erson in a recumbent posture, that
individual will be deprived of sight. When a dead body is dressed and
laid out, the relatives would do well to put a Bible below the head,
and one plate with salt, and another plate with a piece of green turf,
on the breast. The corpse of every one guilty of _felo-de-se_ should
be buried either in a remote spot not customarily used as a place of
burial, or near to a cross road; but if the relatives of any such
unhappy person insist on having the remains interred in the ordinary
place of sepulchre, they are expected to carry the corpse over the
burying-ground wall, and inter it after sunset. It is believed that if
a person die unseen, they who first discover the body will meet his
death in a similar manner. This superstitious belief often prevents
seamen and fishermen picking up and taking ashore dead bodies
discovered at sea. Seamen have not yet risen above these superstitious
delusions. A few years ago a Russian ship was lying in Leith Docks,
when one of the crew fell overboard and was drowned. As long as there
was a chance of rescuing the man, his companions did everything they
could to save him; but as soon as they discovered that their comrade
was dead, they rushed into the forecastle of their vessel, and refused
to search for the body, believing that they who first beheld the
corpse after being brought to the surface, would, sooner or later,
meet a watery grave.

No person who understands the ancient customs of Scotland will think
of commencing to make a new garment at the end of the year, if it
cannot be finished before the new year comes in; nor will any one
commence to make an article of clothing on Saturday, unless it can be
ready for wearing on the Sunday. Friday is also an unlucky day for
commencing any important undertaking. Some people refuse to be bled or
physicked on a Friday. In certain parts of the country, Friday is the
usual day for young men and women being united in wedlock, but at
other places it is supposed bad luck would cleave to them during the
whole of their lives if they were married on that day. It is believed
by old crones that children born on Friday are doomed to misfortune.
Friday night's dreams are sure to come true. It is well known, seamen
dislike going to sea on Friday. Mr. Fenimore Cooper relates a very
extraordinary anecdote in reference to Friday. He says:

"A wealthy merchant of Connecticut devised a notable scheme to give a
fatal blow to the