Nottingham Journal, Wednesday 14th March 1923.
The Miners' Superstition.#
Illustrating the superstitions that still prevail among Chinese tin miners in British Malaya, Col. M.C. Nangle mentioned at a lecture yesterday at the Imperial Institute, London, that in a mine worked by Chinese labour on the tribute system it was believed that the wearing of boots, or the opening of an umbrella in the mine was likely to drive the tin ore away or bring misfortune to the venture.
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