Are some superstitions based on facts?

Answer 1

I think most are based on facts, the problem is that there is no correlation between cause and effect. That means it happened once but it doesn't mean it will happen again.

Answer 2

I think some superstitions are based on unfounded fear some people get in their head. We used to have a show here about castles from different parts of the world. Lady Remington, the wife of the inventor of the Remington rifle, had one of the most bizarre stories I've ever heard. They worked on their castle for years until her husband died. She continued building on endlessly until her death. She believed in evil spirits and thought that putting holes in the middle of floors would cause them to drop to their end if they were near her. She didn't want any open spaces that these spirits and ghosts could come through--hence, her building obsession. She held a seance promptly at midnight every night to talk to her dead husband.

Answer 3

I heard one superstition in which, if a person smashes themselves in the face with a sledgehammer, that person will have a sore head the next day. I don't know if it's based on fact or not, but it certainly is true.

Answer 4

yes..... very much. some are actually based on a prior experience from ancestors. but somehow, after long long years, the traditional beliefs changed to somehow adapt to the new cultures making the present superstition quite illogical and baseless. but most beliefs were merely formulated by the elderly in order to scare kids from doing certain things the old feel to be inapprppraite and probably uncultured or unmannered. then thses kids pass these beliefs on to their own children not thinking wether these things be true or not.

Answer 5

I don't know if superstitions are based on fact or not but everytime a black cat has crossed by path, I've been arrested.

Answer 6

In the case of religion, they believe "facts " that are based on superstition.

Answer 7

Yes . I took a class in school where they taught that spiting snakes and hoop snakes were myths.
Hoop snakes I doubt but I have seen enough video evidence on animal planet to accept that some snakes do "spit" venom.
Undoubtedly others exist.
Troy was once considered a mythical city, until it was discovered.
P.S. I believe after looking at the evidence that something will be discovered to lend truth to many ghost stories. There are too many and a great many well documented.

Answer 8

Many of them are.

For instance,
"Don't walk under a ladder" - something probably fell off the ladder and hit someone walking below.
"Black cat crossing your path is bad luck" - a black cat crossed the road or path in front of someone and there was an accident occuring soon after, so the two unrelated events got related
"Don't step on a crack (on the sidewalk) or you'll break your mother's back - probably never was a fact, just a nice rhyme

Answer 9

I suppose that some are but they would not be superstitions if they were all based on truth.

Answer 10

I would think they all have a modicum of truth. For example someone who walked under a ladder might have gotten a bucket of paint dumped on his head.