my great nan always told me that after one cursed her house when she didnt buy some wooden pegs has anyone else had the same problem
2006-10-22 06:38:53 · 19 answers · asked by bitter sweet 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Sounds like an old wives tale to me.
2006-10-22 06:48:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gypsies use curses to try to intimidate you into giving them money. Curses don't really work but they try to make you think they do. The best reply is to say that you have the power of the hex and you will curse them. The basic gypsy curse is as below:
"May you wander over the face of the earth forever, never sleep twice in the same bed, never drink water twice from the same well, and never cross the same river twice in a year."
2006-10-22 06:49:05 · answer #2 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best advice is to find a white witch in your area and get her to undo the curse. If you are not happy with this idea find a priest or a preacher. A gypsy has very little power and is in effect powerless. A white witch on the other hand has considerable power, so too does a priest or preacher.
2006-10-24 04:39:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"never cross", usually means `always buy from". It is a form of blackmail playing on the gullible who imagine the mysterious unknown Gypsies have secret powers. It never occurs to the gullible that anyone with secret powers would not sell clothes -pegs for a living!!
2006-10-22 11:19:45 · answer #4 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That happened a lot in the olden days- when I was a lad.
Also instead of asking for money they said "cross my palm with silver".
Of course it helped their business if they could persuade you they had the power to curse you. (of course with this great power the best job they could get was selling clothes pegs).
2006-10-22 06:46:14 · answer #5 · answered by hog b 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So people say, my mom was really superstitious and would always buy off gypsies so she wasn't cursed and if she didn't have the money to buy off them she would come in and chuck salt over her left shoulder and throw salt on the fire too to break the curse, I never buy off them myself as I honestly believe its just bunkum and old superstition.
2006-10-23 04:37:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i coudnt tell u about curses or anything like that but a gypsy has stolen off a friend and beaten another friend up. id never wanna cross a gypsy!
2006-10-22 06:42:51 · answer #7 · answered by loz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was bothered more than once mainly selling trinkets etc, and they used to scare me, I then became a Christian, oneday a gypsy came knocking on my door, as soon as she looked at me, she stared and stared, her eyes bulged out and she ran off without saying a word, no idea why but they never come near me since.
2006-10-26 04:49:42 · answer #8 · answered by cheyenne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was actually approached by a gypsy once whilst out shopping and she scared the life out of me because she was bothered by my eyes! I have one blue and one green and it freaked her out so much, she wandered off muttering to herself. I still have no clue whether she was cursing me or praying!
2006-10-22 06:42:39 · answer #9 · answered by Daisy Artichoke 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have heard this before. I have met gypsies before and they look like they could be very evil if provoked. So if your smart, don't cross any.
2006-10-22 10:17:47 · answer #10 · answered by elanabutcher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My niece kindly bought a charm from a Gypsy and BY GOD, did we have bad luck after that, it wasn't until we threw it away that are luck started to get better.
2006-10-22 06:42:18 · answer #11 · answered by redfcuk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋