Granma told me that putting new shoes on a bed or table is unlucky... any more?
2007-12-26 16:30:14 · 31 answers · asked by Joe Bloggs 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Some great answers - thanks - seriously... lots that I never knew of.
2007-12-26 16:51:33 · update #1
in Greece they say that if someone's slipper is upside down,then the person will either die or something bad will happen to them
2007-12-26 20:51:18 · answer #1 · answered by Solitude 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sitting 13 at a table. If you do one of them will die within a year.
If a black cat crosses your way you have to spit over your left shoulder or it's bad luck
A four leaf clover is lucky
If you knock over the salt you have to throw some over your shoulder three times.
A horse shoe with the ends pointed up over the door is lucky. Don't point the ends down or the luck will fall out
If you wish upon a falling star your wish will be granted
Never give someone a bouquet of flowers with only one white flower. It's an omen of death.
Acorns are lucky and bring long life
Never open an umbrella inside. It's bad luck
The number 9 is lucky. It's a magical number.
Jesus died in the 9th hour.
Babies are carried for 9 months.
A cat has 9 lives.
There are 9 muses and 9 Greek guardian goddesses.
There are nine Valkyries.
Odin hung for 9 days in the tree of the world Yggdrasil to gain insight in the art of runes and magic.
9 equals the Hebrew word for truth.
2x9=18 and 1+8=9, 3x9=27 and 2+7=9 and so on.
9 hurrahs are the finest and are only used for kings and ruling queens.
2007-12-27 05:16:24 · answer #2 · answered by rhcpjulle 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Step on a crack and break your Mother's back. Don't walk under a ladder or you get bad luck. Don't break a mirror or 7 years bad luck. Don't let a black cat cross in front of you or you will have bad luck. If your nose itches that is fortelling that you're going to kiss a fool. If the middle of your palm itches then money will come your way. Just to name a few.
2016-05-26 22:14:33 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An elephant in the house is unlucky ( though is his trunk is pointed up it's supposed to be OK)
Don't open an umbrella indoors
Never forget to say good morning to the first crow you see each day
A mirror in the bedroom is unlucky as it brings more than two people into the marital bed
It's bad luck to kill a spider
If you put your clothes on back to front it's bad luck to change them round to the right way
The black cat thing varies, in the UK it's good luck for a black cat to cross your path
2007-12-26 17:49:20 · answer #4 · answered by freebird 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well that one goes back 100+ years. If you were poor, there were no benefits, so you had to pawn stuff. Your shoes were about the last thing you pawned, cos you needed them to find any kind of work - and so the act of putting your shoes on the pawnbroker's counter was a sign of total desperation, and the next stop would be the workhouse. So you didn't ever tempt Fate by putting shoes on a table or any such furniture.
2007-12-26 23:40:22 · answer #5 · answered by Pyewacket 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's unlucky to bring May blossom into the house.
Although pretty and abundant in the spring because it produces a pungent aroma, not dissimilar to rotting flesh. This attracts flies and other insects to pollinate it, which are unwelcome in the home.
2007-12-27 00:34:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Picking up a "Tails up" penny a long time ago I saw a penny laying on the deck of a swimming pool at an apartment complex I worked at and was doing real well...I saw the penny and even thought...if if I do not pick it up I will get fired...I did not pick it up and later that day i shattered three sliding glass doors using a weedeater as instructed and was fired later . so the damn penny is my thing!! Heads Up only!! And since then nothing bad has happend as long as I pick it up.
:)
2007-12-26 16:47:30 · answer #7 · answered by Psycmixer 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Break a mirror
Spill salt
Let a black cat cross your path
Speak ill of the dead
Sign a contract on Friday the 13th
Walk under a ladder
Give a purse or billfold as a gift without having any money in it.
Those are all I can think of right now.
2007-12-26 16:36:34 · answer #8 · answered by Gem 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rocking an empty rocking chair.
Letting a bird get into the house.
Stepping over someone`s legs on the floor.
And your Grandma is right about the shoes. My ancestors are Welsh and they are very superstious. I learned most of these from my mother.
2007-12-26 16:47:54 · answer #9 · answered by katj1250 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dont open a packet of crisp the wrong way round
Dont have a mirror in front of your bed - It means you will have annother person getting in the way of your relationship
Dont put shoes on your bed
Dont smash a mirror
2007-12-28 06:08:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Putting your purse n the floor!! no!!!! you won't have any money!!!
Opening an umbrella inside your house...bad luck!
Now, according to Feng Shui....don't sleep in front of a closet that is all messy and the doors are open. And also according to Feng Shui, don't set your bed in front of a mirror....these last 2 are bad energy.....
My bed faces my closet, but it's clean/organized and I always close the doors.
2007-12-26 16:37:27 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋