"IT is difficult to define accurately the word ' unlucky' as understood by people in general. It conveys to their minds an indistinct supernatural and distressful affliction, of an awful character, and for a long time a troubled restlessness and fear of approaching evil embitters every moment of their lives, until the haunting dread wears itself out. It however leaves behind a highly-strung nervous feeling which springs into activity at the smallest provocation.
The following examples of people's belief in Devonshire, concerning luck, will perhaps be of interest."
Hewett 1900
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