superstitions???

Question

what superstitions do you have???
and which ones do you keep to
i dont pass people on the stairs and try not to spill salt on the table!!

how about you?

Answer 1

i'm terrible,
no shoes on table
dont pass people on stairs
i salute magpies
dont walk over 3 manhole covers in a row
dont walk under ladders
dont walk under sign posts(some1 else mentioned this, the ones with 2 poles)
if i spill salt i throw someover my shoulder
i dont put umbrellas up indoors

and now im not gonna put any hats on the bed either.

thats alot, wow. but because i do them so much i dont notice that im doing them anymore!

Answer 2

I have a religion and actually agree with several others that religion is a collection of superstitions.

Saying something is a superstition isn't bad, it's just saying that a postulated causal relation isn't proven, and "might" be abused. As I have no proof that helping others, means others help me when/if need it, by B.F. Skinner's definition, it too is a superstition.

(if you're up for it, try to PROVE superstitions are always bad. If you can't, then it too, by Skinner, is a superstition!)

I follow too many superstitions to list. Here's a few more...

When people say "touch wood" if they don't do so, I touch the underside of a table. If it's really important I'll try to touch a bare piece of wood.

I avoid saying/typing the name of the protagonist in Shakespeare's "Scottish play"

When sitting exams I won't do any revision the night before (doesn't always mean an early night though....)

Raising/pointing a finger at traffic lights, to help me note changes in the traffic lights, and help me avoid people jumping the lights

I prefer to stir hot drinks/foods etc in the deosil direction ("with the sun" ie clockwise)

When a teen I used to deliberately walk under ladders because of a postulated origin for that superstition. I now know better so don't.

Answer 3

I don't have any but me and a friend did put this to the test once.

I broke every supposed superstition we could think of

walking under ladders and road signs
spilling salt
shoes on the table
hats on the bed
even broke an old mirror

My friend avoided each one even leaving the house while I broke the mirror.

We then went to the races and I picked three winners out of six and he got none.

But I suppose it's a self fulfilling prophecy thing. If you believe that you will have bad luck for breaking a mirror and you break one and something unfortunate happens, you will never know if it was just not your day or because you broke that mirror.

Answer 4

I don't have any superstitions. I do have a variety of 'knowings' a popular vote might result in being labelled 'superstitions' by people who don't have the same knowings.

Answer 5

Always salute a magpie never cross on the stairs and never open a bag of crisps upside down (dont know why)

Answer 6

well whenever I use salt in cooking I throw a bit over my shoulder. I actually don't believe that black cats are bad luck...I own one. Other than that I have to have everything even, but that could just be some OCD kicking in.

Answer 7

I will avoid walking under a ladder, but I broke a mirror 3 months ago - so what the hell - I'm done for for the next 7years!

Answer 8

Mine

TRy not to spill salt
knocking on wood
Most halloween superstitions
SAying God Bless You

Answer 9

I have no superstitions, and I agree with the responder who said religion and belief in God is superstition.

(go ahead, thumb down me, you superstitious unfortunates!)

Answer 10

Whenever I eat cereal in the morning if I can I count the last ten pieces of cereal as I eat them.