A frog brings good luck to the house it enters. A dog eating grass brings rain...do you believe them...are they really true?...can you name some other weird ones?
2006-08-23 00:17:36 · 19 answers · asked by namesake 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
well, i have found these too....
Inhaling a horses breath - cure for whooping cough
Eating a hair from a horse's forelock - cure for worms
Horses standing with their backs to a hedge - rain
2006-08-23 00:49:20 · update #1
If you have faith in something, it will happen. For those who believe in the superstitions, they are true. For other people, they do not. It's all in the head...
2006-08-23 01:20:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't believe in them at all. Come to India (Chennai inparticular) and you will hear even stranger ones!~
1) If a doctor tells you that you are healthy, it means something bad is about to happen.
2) Drinking cold water will make you gain weight
3) Clipping nails after 6pm will cause bad luck
4) If there are not stairs/doors at the front of the house bad luck
6) Leaving at certain times during the day brings bad luck
7) Don't drink water for 3 days after having a baby!LOL
8) They put an ugly big fake mole in baby pics so that no one will say the baby is too cute! (if they think they baby has no deformation, then it will bring bad luck)
9) If you harm a cat you will have bad luck for all future generations
These are the most strange things ive ever heard and believed by many, particularly by some of the uneducated indian women.
2006-08-23 00:26:45 · answer #2 · answered by Rachel 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Superstitions are sometimes founded on truth. Other times, it is simple common sense and others still, it is word of mouth which expands into a pack of silliness.
Sneezing for instance.
If you are not blessed by someone after sneezing, there are those who believe your soul is damned because it left your body when you sneezed and only returns when you are blessed.
Some say this is from the split second of heart stoppage when one sneezes, others say it is the devil that makes you sneeze.
Personally, I think some superstitions are a way of teaching common sense like; don't walk under a ladder because it is bad luck. Well, that's smart! It is possible for someone to drop something on your head!!
I don't believe in 99.99% of superstitions. That last .01% is for those common sense ones which I believe only as a lesson in self preservation.
2006-08-23 00:29:49 · answer #3 · answered by mrscmmckim 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't really believe in them, but they are fun once in awhile.
Black birds circling in the sky will bring on bad weather.
Spilling salt is bad luck unless you toss a little over your left shoulder.
Two forks at the same place sitting on the table means some ones getting married.
Bad luck to have some one sweep around your feet. Or it means you're gonna get married. (Depends on where you're from).
Right palm itching means you're gonna meet some one new or you're about to lose lots of money. Both can be avoided by scratching palm on wood.
2006-08-23 00:31:24 · answer #4 · answered by Lucianna 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Throwing cooked rice in someone's house's compound brings the man bad luck and loss. Eating of uncooked rice by a maiden causes rain in her wedding (quite a rice fact)or the whitening of nails when rubbed together while seeing a white bird brings good luck and their reddening brings bad luck. Such things are foolish and bring nothing but a laugh.
Ha ha he he hi hi.
2006-08-23 00:39:40 · answer #5 · answered by Cephalic 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Eating twin bananas gives a pregnant woman twin babies. A black cat passing in front of u brings bad luck. Cutting your nails before going to sleep brings bad luck in money. Weird stuff.
2006-08-23 00:23:22 · answer #6 · answered by snipeshot 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
...superstitions are mingled mainly with chance factor but some natural phenomena like "cheer of frogs bring rain' also help them to prosper.
Though I don't believe in any but I like to go through them especially the answers you are receiving. I would like to have some more uncommon from all over the world.
2006-08-23 00:37:31 · answer #7 · answered by saumitra s 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no i don't believe in any kind of superstitions....some more r : if glass breaks then its a sign of good luck,if a black cat passes from the road in front of u then u should wait for a minute and then walk on the road b'coz its a bad luck if u walk straight away,washing clothes on thursday bringgs u bad luck ,washing ur hair on tuesday also brings bad luck and if u do some work on wednesday then u will get success in that work....all these r ridiculous
2006-08-23 16:22:42 · answer #8 · answered by tulip 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well, it depends on the superstitions. some are true and some aren't.
If someone sneezes while you are going out, you shouldn't go immediately.
If you are going on a special occasion or for some good thing, three people at a time shouldn't go.
if black cat come in your way, while you are going out, you should wait for some time and then you should go out.
If you break a mirror, it is bad luck.
well, these are some i got.
2006-08-23 01:01:47 · answer #9 · answered by mspentinum 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If a Cat Crosses your path it is considered to bring bad luck to you,sneezing while going out also brings bad luck etc
2006-08-23 00:27:13 · answer #10 · answered by Dark_devil 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Walking under a ladder means you will get married. Vacumming under someones feet means they won't get married. A black cat crossing in front of you means bad luck. Hanging an Indian Dreamcatcher over your bed will prevent bad dreams. Stepping on a crack will break your momma's back. That's all I know of.
2006-08-23 00:26:43 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋