Superstition Collection (page 2)

LCC-LFB Vauxhall fire station, Lambeth SE1
Vauxhall fire station was built by the London County Council in the last year of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, before the name was changed to the London Fire Brigade

Superstition has always ruled the world

Hoyts comic whirlwind, A brass monkey a satire on superstition. Date c1900

Washing in Dew
The fair maid who, the first of May, goes to the fields at break of day, and washes in dew from the hawthorn tree, will ever after handsome be

Lucky Horseshoe on Door
A horseshoe is nailed to a farm door to keep away the devil or any other evil threat Date: 1922

Boy and Clover - 2
A boy stands in the snow holding a very large four- leaved clover Date: 1910

Arrows against Storms
The Gauls fire arrows into stormclouds to drive them away - an idea which is not quite so ridiculous as it sounds. Date: 1st century

Four-Leaf Clover
The four leaves of this clover each carry a romantic picture representing happiness... Date: circa 1910

Child & Horseshoe
Girl with a horseshoe to wish a Good Year - a few months later World War One began... Date: 1914

Woe Betide or Good Luck to You by Pauline Baynes
A page of superstitions painted in intricate detail specially for Holly Leaves by Pauline Baynes. The key to the illustration is on p.46 of the issue

The Humorist Christmas Number
Two diners pull a wishbone rather too energetically much to the amazement (or annoyance) of their waitress. Chicken, plates

Superstition. By A. E. Bestall
A humorous cartoon showing a young woman driving her uncle through the countyside. She is reassuring her passenger about how safe and experienced she is, not concentrating on the road sign ahead

Boy in Daisy Meadow 1940
Does she love me ? Yes, I know - cos the petals of the daisy told me so !

Rats Leaving a Ship
Rats are said to leave a doomed ship

Good Luck Signs
Various items symbolising good luck - apparently, the number 13 is lucky for some !

Demon & Horse Shoe
A cottager nails a horse-shoe over his front door, thereby frustrating the Devil who is lurking nearby with evil intentions

Smallpox / Superstition
Yuo-hoa-long: the God who happily terminates the disease

Candles for Luck
Good luck will come to the one whose candles burns the longest

Previewing a Lover
A Spanish girl breaks a raw egg into a glass of water on St Johns Eve : the shape it makes tells her what kind of lover she will have

Norwegian Clover
Three little Norwegian girls carry four-leaved clovers to wish you Godt Nytaar !

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