Is it true that if you break a mirror, you'll have bad luck for 7 years?

Question

Earlier, in my home a mirror was broken..so is my family gonna have bad luck for 7 years? is that superstition true?

Answer 1

Nope, not true. Is just as you asked the question when you said a superstition. I had a friend who worked for a company that cut mirrors and glass, he broke several a day for years. He has a wonderful wife and family and recently won around $10,000 in the lottery, so guess he wouldn't think it was such bad luck either.

Answer 2

it all depends on whether or not you break the mirror on purpose or by accident.. if you do it purposfully then the answer is yes.. you will have seven years of bad luck.. evidence of that is that once you break the mirror.. you can no longer see yourself completely.. in fact you may dissapear completely.. oh you will be able to see pieces of yourself but not all of yourself.. that is the first bit of bad luck.. the second is that you since you can only see pieces of yourself then you will not know what you look like as a whole person.. third is that you won't be able to primp, fourth is that if you are a male and can't primp.. you may wind up looking like a pimp.. fifth is that by the time you fix or replace the mirror you have probably spent your extra money on a new mirror and you will have aged, sixth is that since you have aged and cannot recall how you looked before you broke the mirror..you can no longer look like your old self.. and seventh..this is the worst of all.. when you look into the mirror.. you may not recognize yourself and that could cause you to think that you are someone else.. probably someone that you don't even know.. and it may turn out that you are really a pimp afterall.. if it is accidental.. then none of that other stuff will matter.. because you will not blame yourself for accidentally breaking the mirror so it will be easier to relpace it. Once it is replaced and you look in the mirror.. you can say.. hey.. I haven't changed a bit.. ergo you will not suffer..

Answer 3

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Is it true that if you break a mirror, you'll have bad luck for 7 years?
Earlier, in my home a mirror was broken..so is my family gonna have bad luck for 7 years? is that superstition true?

Answer 4

The belief arouse around the days of the East India trading company. It was a good way to ensure people were careful with mirrors which were EXTREMLY expensive. Most people used polish copper and similiar methods.

The same thing can be seen with most beliefs of this sort, such as spilling salt (value asset), walking under a ladder (dangerous), cat crossing your path (tripping also ref to witchcraft), and polish all the brass on new years (ensures the brass gets a proper clean and the house is cleared so noone gets fumed).

Answer 5

If You Break A Mirror

Answer 6

Nope, it originated in the time that mirrors were very expensive, so breaking one would be bad luck. A more up-to-date version would be seven years of bad luck if you wrote off your car or something

Answer 7

Claire B really is closest.This also continued because mainly wealthy people would be the owner of a glass mirror, a servant would be the one handling it to clean it or move it and often a servant's contract would run for 7 years. You better believe that if you broke this expensive household item you would catch heck till the end of your contract.

Answer 8

No but if you break wind you will have bad luck for about 7 minutes.

Answer 9

If you want to belive it then you're gonna believe it, but i don't believe it. it just depends on how you interpret bad luck.

Answer 10

I really hope it is not true because I had the mirror on my door and it was velvet attached but I opened the door and the mirror fell off and broke