is it really unlucky
2006-10-03 11:44:56 · 38 answers · asked by simon s 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
I've done it loads of times and no pianos have fallen on me yet.
2006-10-03 11:47:42 · answer #1 · answered by Bob-bob 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably not unlucky. Having something fall on you is unlucky.
One of the origins is supposed to come from times when ladders were used as improvised Gallows for executing wrong doers. Tie a rope to the top, make victim climb ladder, noose around the neck. Then turn over the ladder. Also where the phrase being "Turned Over" comes from
2006-10-05 10:30:12 · answer #2 · answered by sananabetahi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is just common sense, do you walk under a ladder when there is someone up it with a can of paint? No because he could fall or the paint could. Now that would be unlucky!
2006-10-06 21:36:21 · answer #3 · answered by Serenity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it isnt unlucky.. a ladder is just that ... A ladder!
There is no basis to the claim that you recieve bad luck from walking under a ladder..
2006-10-03 11:47:47 · answer #4 · answered by Cindy_C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The possibilty of getting something dropped on your head is the main unlucky thought, but for some reason that i cannot say i never walk under them anyway.
2006-10-07 01:46:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As some people have said its just a ladder i did it SEVEN YEARS AGO and walked under different ladders on the same day and not one thing has happened to me.
2006-10-03 13:40:59 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I don't believe in superstitions. I deliberately walk under ladders just to prove to myself I'm not superstitious unless I see something hanging off the ladder. Then of course I will walk around it.
2006-10-03 11:52:09 · answer #7 · answered by tea cup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOU ARE ALL WRONG
The ladder superstition originates from Christian beliefs that anything triangular shaped represented the Holy Trinity (Father-Son-Holy Ghost).
A ladder leaning against a building forms a triangle. By walking through it, you are in effect defying the Holy Trinity. So this superstition only applies to Christians.
2006-10-04 04:48:43 · answer #8 · answered by germaine_87313 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is if the person up it is holding a tin of paint and it drops on your head, seriously I aren't sure why people refuse to walk under ladders, maybe its just another old wives tale that became mass hysteria like a lot of the old wives tales have, but I am as bad as it is one thing I just won't do.
2006-10-03 11:49:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it began in ancient egypt where it was believed that the dead ascended to the afterlife on a stairway or ladder so the space under ladders was considered sacred
2006-10-03 11:59:33 · answer #10 · answered by Quizard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not unlucky at all - it is quite rational - if you see someone on the top of the ladder, painting or such then don't walk under it
If no one at top of ladder why not walk under it
2006-10-03 11:48:15 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋