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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1982
Page
9
A compact summary of old superstitions. It notes 13 as unlucky due to counting limits, and explains tree spirits, salt spills, left side spirits, broken mirrors, seven year cycles, ladders, crossed fingers, and heart symbolism as sources of luck or bad luck across ancient to Roman times.
Medieval observers linked bats with witches due to nocturnal habits and sudden disappearances. They wondered how bats could fly unseen at night and not collide with objects. The article explores the origins of Halloween in this superstition context.
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