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some comman superstitions
Superstition is an
irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear. There are superstitions for almost all aspects of
our daily lives and most have unknown origins. Sometimes they are
logical (for example, don’t walk under a ladder) but most of the time
they are ridiculous. Some people can become controlled by their superstitions (such as the fear of walking on
cracks) which is very unhealthy.
- Friday the thirteenth is an unlucky day
- A rabbit's foot brings good luck
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away
- To find a four-leaf clover is to find good luck
- If you walk under a ladder, you will have bad luck
- If a black cat crosses
your path you will have bad luck
- To break a mirror will bring you seven years bad luck
.
- To open an umbrella in the house is to bring bad luck
- Step on a crack, break your mother's back
- You can break a bad luck spell by turning seven times in a clockwise circle
- Garlic protects from evil spirits and vampires
- Our fate is written in the stars
- At the end of a rainbow is a pot of gold
- Clothes worn inside out will bring good luck
- Wearing your birthstone will bring you good luck
- If you blow out all of the candles on your birthday cake with the first breath you will get whatever you wish for
- To have a wish come true using a wishbone, two people make a wish, then take hold of each end of the bone and pull it until it separates. The person with the longer end gets his or her wish
- An itchy palm means money will come your way
- A beginner will always have good luck: beginner's luck
- A cat has nine lives
- Eating fish makes you smart
- Toads cause warts
- A cricket in the house brings good luck
- Crossing your fingers helps to avoid bad luck and helps a wish come true
- It is bad luck to sing at the table
- It is bad luck to sleep on a table
- After receiving a container of food, the container should never be returned empty
- A lock of hair from a baby's first haircut should be kept for good luck
- A bird that comes in your window brings bad luck
- To refuse a kiss under mistletoe causes bad luck
- Goldfish in the pond bring good luck
- Goldfish in the house bring bad luck
- For good luck, wear new clothes on Easter
- An acorn at the window can keep lightning out of the house
- If the bottom of your feet itch, you will make a trip
- When a dog howls, death is near
- It is bad luck to chase someone with a broom
- A sailor wearing an earring cannot drown
- To find a penny heads up, brings good luck
- To cure a sty, rub it with a gold wedding band
- Animals can talk at midnight on Christmas Eve
- A drowned woman floats face up, a drowned man floats face down
- A person cannot drown before going under three times
- To drop a fork means a woman will visit
- To drop a knife means a man will visit
- To drop a spoon means a child will visit
- To drop a dishcloth means bad luck is coming
- If you shiver, someone is casting a shadow on your grave
- To make a happy marriage, the bride must wear: something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue
- The wedding veil protects the bride from the evil eye
- Washing a car will bring rain
- You must get out of bed on the same side you got in on or you will have bad luck
- Evil spirits cannot harm you when you are standing in a circle
- A cat will try to take the breath from a baby
- Warm hands, cold heart
- Cold hands, warm heart
- It is unlucky to rock an empty rocking chair
- To kill an albatross is to cause bad luck to the ship and all upon it
- Wearing an opal when it is not your birthstone is bad luck
- Smell dandelions, wet the bed
- To give someone a purse or wallet without money in it will bring that person bad luck
- A forked branch, held with a fork in each hand, will dip and point when it passes over water
- the sight of a sweaper with a beoom in his hand is considered to be a good omen in the early morning.
- the howling of jackals and the wailing of dogs are considered very dangerous and bad omen.
- sneezing at the time of starting for any good work is regarded very in auspicious.
- some people think that horse shoe picked up on thehigh road brings good luck.
- some people regard 13 as an inauspicious number.
Harmful
effect of
superstitious
Superstitious
give rise to
various fear and anxieties that are unfounded. It hinders the execution
of many healthy and good programme.It retards the pace of
civilisation.Even educated person fall a prey to superstitions.The most
horrible feature of superstition is barbarous cruetly. Sacrifices are
made in the name of God.It encourages fatalism as it creats more faith
in chance than work.In france hundred of women were killed and burnt
because of superstitious faith of people in witches.
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