See also:

• MASCOT (Fr. slang: perhaps from Port. mascotto, " witch-craft ")

MASCOT (Fr. See also:

• SLANG

slang: perhaps from See also:

• PORT

Port. mascotto, " See also:

• WITCH

witch-See also:

• CRAFT (a word common to Teutonic languages for strength, or power; cf. Ger. Kraft)

craft ")  , the See also:

• TERM

term for any See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal, or thing supposed to bring See also:

• LUCK

luck . The word was first popularized by Edmond See also:

• AUDRAN
• AUDRAN, EDMOND (1842-19o1)

Audran through his comic See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera La Mascotte (188o), but it had been See also:

• COMMON

common in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long before among gamblers . It has been traced back to a See also:

• DIALECTIC, or DIALECTICS

dialectic use in See also:

• PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence and See also:

• GASCONY (Wasconia)

Gascony, where it meant something which brought luck to a See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household . The See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion that it is from masque (masked or concealed), the provincial See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French for a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born with a See also:

• CAUL (from O. Eng. calle, Fr. tale, a cap)

caul, in allusion to the lucky destiny of such See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, is improbable .