UNLUCKY DAYS

The belief in unlucky days frequently a result of erroneous association of ideas, pp. 272-274.—The observation of natural phenomena sometimes accounts for the unlucky character attached to certain times, pp. 274, 275.—The conception of unluckiness sometimes deduced from the assumed critical nature of certain periods, such as epagomenal months and days, p. 276.—The Twelve Days in ancient India, pp. 276, 277.—European folklore of the Twelve Days, pp. 277-279.—Unlucky character of the five supplementary days in the Mexican and Maya calendars, pp. 279-281.—The five supplementary days among the ancient Egyptians, Persians, and Armenians, pp. 281-283.—Epagomenal days in the French Republican calendar, p. 283.—Some unlucky days observed in southeastern Europe probably derived from the holy days of classical antiquity, pp. 283-285.—Likeness between tabooed days and the unlucky days observed in southeastern Asia, pp. 285-288.—The Toda rest days, pp. 288-292.—Rest days of the Siah Posh Kafirs, pp. 293, 294.—Unlucky days among the Malagasy, pp. 294, 295.—Egyptian calendars of lucky and unlucky days, pp. 295-297.—A Babylonian calendar, pp. 297, 298.—The Hesiodic calendar, pp. 298, 299.—Unlucky days observed during the Middle Ages, pp. 299-301.—Decline of the superstition after the Reformation, p. 301.

CONCLUSION

The observance of tabooed and unlucky days exerts a hampering influence on social and economic progress, pp. 302, 303.—Non-working days in Hawaii, in Ashanti, and among the Hopi Indians of Arizona, p. 303.—The numerous religious festivals held in modern China and Korea and in ancient Egypt and Greece, pp. 303, 304.—Excessive development of Roman festivals, pp. 304-306.—Holy days in the religious calendar of Christendom, pp. 306, 307.—Passage of the holy day into the holiday, pp. 307, 308.

REST DAYS