Chapter IX: 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