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Superstitions And Customs Connected With Judas Iscariot.
read that the English formally stigmatised the Normans by averring that Judas first saw the light in their country ; and , according to the following sarcastic verse , the locality was between Caen and Rouen : — " Judas etoit Normand , Tout la monde le
dit—ISntre Caen , et Rouen , Ce malheureux naquit . II vendit son Seigneur pour trente marcs contents Au diable soient tons les Normands . " Sailors believe that Judas was born on the last day of December , and often refuse to go to sea then for that reason .
The idea seems generally to have prevailed that his hair was red , which has contributed to cause a dislike to hair of that colour . We find this stated in Nares ' s " Glossary , " and by others . Dryden , in his description of Jacob Tonsou , uses the words , " Judas-coloured hair . " Middleton ' s " Chaste Maid of Cheapside " ( 1620 ) has the following sentences : — " What has he given her ? What is it , gossip ? A fair high standing cup , with two great ' postle spoons , one of them gilt . Sure that was Judas with the red beard . " Shakspeare , in " As you like it , " has the following dialogue : —
Eos . His very hair is of the dissembling colour . GEL . Something browner than Judas's . " Leonardo da Vinci ' s great picture of the " Last Supper" represents Judas , as premonitory of dire misfortune , upsetting the salt-cellar as he stretches forth his hand to receive the sop . Southey , in his " Omniana , " says it was believed in Pier della Valle ' s timethat the descendants of Judas still existed at Corfu
, , though the persons stoutly denied it . This is also mentioned in "Menagiana , " and by King . It is not very remarkable that the strange manner of his death should have given rise to several legends relating to it . One of them is told b y Theveuot , and others , of the Armenians ; they believe hell and limbo to be the same place , ancl say that Judas , after he had betrayed the Redeemer , resolved
to hang himself in order to get to limbo before Christ , who would deliver all souls from there ; but the devil , knowing his intent , held him over limbo until Jesus passed through , when he let him fall into hell . Another irreverent legend is , that Judas , having done one act of kindness in his life , was allowed to come out of hell for one day in the year and cool himself on an iceberg . Francesco Gianniin a sonnet on Judas that Satan receives him with a
, , says kiss " fuliginous . " Many opinions are held as to the kind of tree on which Judas hanged himself ; but most beliefs refer it to the elder tree . Shakspeare and Ben Jonson allude to this superstition . In " Piers Plowman ' s Vision " is this verse : —
"Judas he japed , With Jeweu silver And sifchen on an eller Hanged hymsel . " Lilly , in his "Alexander and Campaspe , " says : — " Laurel for a garland and ealder for a disgrace , "
ho doubt bearing in mind the current superstition . In " An Hue and Cry after Cromwell , " 1649 , occur the following lines .- — " Cook , the recorder , have an older tree , And steol a slip to reward troaoherio . "
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Superstitions And Customs Connected With Judas Iscariot.
read that the English formally stigmatised the Normans by averring that Judas first saw the light in their country ; and , according to the following sarcastic verse , the locality was between Caen and Rouen : — " Judas etoit Normand , Tout la monde le
dit—ISntre Caen , et Rouen , Ce malheureux naquit . II vendit son Seigneur pour trente marcs contents Au diable soient tons les Normands . " Sailors believe that Judas was born on the last day of December , and often refuse to go to sea then for that reason .
The idea seems generally to have prevailed that his hair was red , which has contributed to cause a dislike to hair of that colour . We find this stated in Nares ' s " Glossary , " and by others . Dryden , in his description of Jacob Tonsou , uses the words , " Judas-coloured hair . " Middleton ' s " Chaste Maid of Cheapside " ( 1620 ) has the following sentences : — " What has he given her ? What is it , gossip ? A fair high standing cup , with two great ' postle spoons , one of them gilt . Sure that was Judas with the red beard . " Shakspeare , in " As you like it , " has the following dialogue : —
Eos . His very hair is of the dissembling colour . GEL . Something browner than Judas's . " Leonardo da Vinci ' s great picture of the " Last Supper" represents Judas , as premonitory of dire misfortune , upsetting the salt-cellar as he stretches forth his hand to receive the sop . Southey , in his " Omniana , " says it was believed in Pier della Valle ' s timethat the descendants of Judas still existed at Corfu
, , though the persons stoutly denied it . This is also mentioned in "Menagiana , " and by King . It is not very remarkable that the strange manner of his death should have given rise to several legends relating to it . One of them is told b y Theveuot , and others , of the Armenians ; they believe hell and limbo to be the same place , ancl say that Judas , after he had betrayed the Redeemer , resolved
to hang himself in order to get to limbo before Christ , who would deliver all souls from there ; but the devil , knowing his intent , held him over limbo until Jesus passed through , when he let him fall into hell . Another irreverent legend is , that Judas , having done one act of kindness in his life , was allowed to come out of hell for one day in the year and cool himself on an iceberg . Francesco Gianniin a sonnet on Judas that Satan receives him with a
, , says kiss " fuliginous . " Many opinions are held as to the kind of tree on which Judas hanged himself ; but most beliefs refer it to the elder tree . Shakspeare and Ben Jonson allude to this superstition . In " Piers Plowman ' s Vision " is this verse : —
"Judas he japed , With Jeweu silver And sifchen on an eller Hanged hymsel . " Lilly , in his "Alexander and Campaspe , " says : — " Laurel for a garland and ealder for a disgrace , "
ho doubt bearing in mind the current superstition . In " An Hue and Cry after Cromwell , " 1649 , occur the following lines .- — " Cook , the recorder , have an older tree , And steol a slip to reward troaoherio . "