Jinx cartoons--XX---query

[Wilson Gray]

On Apr 11, 2005, at 9:29 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:

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> Does a sign of XX have any signficance for jinx/bad luck? Barry Popik
> once sent me some 1911 cartoons all titled "Lookout for the Jinx" (NY
> Evening Journal, e.g. May 26, 1911), in which a jinx-like figure
> always has a double-X on his chest. Might someone know what its
> significance is?
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> Gerald Cohen
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Gerald, you might want to take at "Crossing and Jinxing" at
<http://www.luckymojo.com/crossing.html>.

-Wilson Gray