2007-06-17 02:12:45 · 24 answers · asked by tinzie 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I come from a very superstitious family but I won't repeat all the common ones that have already been posted though many of them are the same. Here are some that I grew up with:
1.Never sweep the floor at night or you'll sweep sorrow into your life.
2. Chase away any owls outside your window; they are a harbinger of death.
3. It's bad luck for the groom to see the bride on the wedding day before the ceremony.
4. If a picture of three people is taken, the person in the middle will be the first to die.
5. Never start or buy anything on a Friday.
6. Cut your hair on a full moon and it will grow back faster.
7. Which ever partner falls asleep first on their wedding night will be the first to die.
8. If you sneeze, you invite the devil into your soul; being told God bless you frightens him away.
9. Crickets in your home are good luck (not in my home and definitly not for the nasty crickets!)
10. Killing a spider is bad luck
11. Ivy growing on a house protects the inhabitants from witchcraft and evil.
12. Unless you were born in October, it's unlucky to wear opals.
13. If you leave a rocking chair rocking when empty, it invites evil spirits to come into your house to sit in the rocking chair.
Has anyone ever explained the origin of the unlucky 13 superstition?
There is a Norse myth about 12 gods having a dinner party at Valhalla, their heaven. In walked the uninvited 13th guest, the mischievous Loki. Once there, Loki arranged for Hoder, the blind god of darkness, to shoot Balder the Beautiful, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow. Balder died and the Earth got dark. The whole Earth mourned.
There is a Biblical reference to the unlucky number 13. Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th guest to the Last Supper.
A particularly bad Friday the 13th occurred in the middle ages. On a Friday the 13th in 1306, King Philip of France arrested the revered Knights Templar and began torturing them, marking the occasion as a day of evil.
In ancient Rome, witches reportedly gathered in groups of twelve. If there were thirteen, the 13th was believed to be the devil.
2007-06-17 03:49:01 · answer #1 · answered by squire_brin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure, here are few well known ones.
Don't put a hat on the bed- bad luck
Don't open an umbrella in the house- bad luck
Don't let a black cat cross your path- bad luck
Don't rock an empty rocking chair- bad luck
My grandmother believed all of these.
2007-06-17 02:16:59 · answer #2 · answered by in a handbasket 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not saying "good luck" to an actor. You have to say "break a leg" or they think their performance will go badly.
Carrying a lucky rabbit's foot around. Not very lucky for the rabbit.
Throwing money into a fountain and making a wish. Foolish waste of money.
Rubbing a Buddha statue's fat stomach before entering a Chinese restaurant supposedly brings good luck. I don't think God will bless anyone for idolatry.
2007-06-17 02:30:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In my country (Britain) there is a superstition that walking under a ladder brings bad luck.
This is because at hangings, the path of the condemned went underneath the ladder leading to the gallows platform.
2007-06-17 02:22:20 · answer #4 · answered by Citizen Justin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of superstitions.
some examples the #13 being unlucky.
Opening an umbrella in the house bad luck.
walking under a ladder bad luck.
a black cat walking across your path bad luck.
spilling salt bad luck.
ECT. ECT.ECT.
2007-06-17 02:18:38 · answer #5 · answered by starfish50 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From wiktionary: A set of beliefs that future events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way. dictionary.com says pretty much the same thing.
This includes all spirituality and religion.
2007-06-17 02:17:06 · answer #6 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Walkin under a ladder brings bad luck. Black cat crossing your path is a bad omen. Opening an umbrella indoors is bad luck. Breaking a mirror is 7 years bad luck.
2007-06-17 02:21:12 · answer #7 · answered by Truth7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything you think can bring you good/bad luck
Belief in ghosts, goblins, faeries, demons, gods, spirits or anything else that there is no evidence for.
Magik - like Harry Potter.
Pretty much the belief in anything that doesn't have a natural cause.
2007-06-17 02:18:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Democracy
2007-06-17 02:18:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
things that are unlucky, according to superstition:
the number 13.
a black cat crossing your path.
breaking a mirror. (7 years of bad luck if you break one)
walking under a ladder.
opening an umbrella indoors.
other superstitions:
if you say something about how lucky you have been, you have to knock on wood toe keep that luck.
if you spill salt, throw a handful over your left shoulder.
2007-06-17 02:17:52 · answer #10 · answered by danae1636 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋