2007-01-25 06:56:59 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
I hate the number 4 because in Chinese (Cantonese), "four" and "die" have the same pronunciation. So, I try to avoid four amounts of anything.
2007-01-25 07:01:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think I follow any of the usual ones. I come up with my own. I don't pick up pennies - in fact, I toss them in the little sharing container at checkouts or toss them in the garbage. I walk under ladders, have a black cat, don't waste time searching for 4-leaf clovers (although I actually found one once), don't believe in god....and the list goes on.
But I fear instant karma. I think I've got it bad. And I believe in the sardonicness(?) of fate. Anytime I say "Gosh I'm so happy!" I immediately follow with "But I know that this is just a fleeting moment in time and very shortly something will come along to make me unhappy so you don't have to hit me with a lightning bolt."
And If I ever say anything outright mean I say (to myself) something similar to acknowledge the fact that "there but by the grace of god go I" so I don't immediately get afflicted with whatever I was just whining about or making fun of.
EDIT: ktdid - I realize the irony of my use of this phrase, but sometimes these statements fill the bill. I have no problem shouting out "oh god oh god" when the time is right either! lol
2007-01-25 15:07:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If ghosts count as a superstition, (some people do, but i'm not sure if it's really accurate) then they're my main superstition. Other then that, not much, but I do think that they're intresting and sometimes I suppose some of them do have some truth involved.
2007-01-25 15:08:09 · answer #3 · answered by Ynenoi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't ever put a hat on a bed, and I don't brush a broom across my feet. The rest I kind of blow off, 13 is my favorite #.
2007-01-25 15:06:10 · answer #4 · answered by purplepartygirrl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never split the pole or the tree!!!!Like when your walking with some one and they walk on one side of the pole first you have to walk on the same side as them and if you don't you have to say bread and butter
2007-01-25 15:01:53 · answer #5 · answered by Keana P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wear a miraculous medal around my neck that my grandfather gave me. It's supposed to be protection from the virgin Mary or something.I can't seem to take it off and I'm not even catholic.Go figure.
2007-01-25 15:09:13 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I knock wood and throw salt over my shoulder if any spills. I have lucky amulets that I carry. There's probably more, but I can't think of any right now. :-)
2007-01-25 15:22:12 · answer #7 · answered by Enchanted 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just the ones ive made up
2007-01-25 15:03:36 · answer #8 · answered by nodumgys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you see the future, you change it. Dej vu!
2007-01-25 15:19:28 · answer #9 · answered by chapman_red 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't split the pole
2007-01-25 15:02:39 · answer #10 · answered by seleema t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋