Superstition

My mother was superstitious but I am not.

The umbrella, shoes, hat on the bed, cats, ladders....all of it is common here.

One thing I don't recall my mother being superstitious about was Friday the 13th.
 

Not superstitious

but

My new baby great-grandson came in under the wire
Born at 11pm, Thursday, Sept 12
Had he waited til Friday the thirteenth, they were considering naming him Jason
But, Saul it is
I think his arrival tween the 11th and 13th will be his legacy

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Born to my grandson headed to Afghanistan
He's almost thru with jump school, then special training
Then Afghanistan
 
yep iam some ' ladders walking under I dont '
if I see 1 magpie I keep looking to see another -1 is bad luck ''
no shoes on a table -sounded like my mother now lol,
rubbing the little statue of budda'a belly for luck .
 
I am horribly superstitious. I will give my kids heck about rocking a rocking chair with no one in it. I used to get in trouble for that when I was young.

A little bit about Friday the 13th, I had an ex who was born on Friday the 13th. He always claimed it was his lucky day, and was really excited when his birthday landed on a Friday.
 
When I was an active cop, me and the other Troopers had some fun with Friday 13th. But, in reality, I am not superstitious. (However, I refuse to walk under an open ladder.)
 
My people are from Eastern Europe. All kinds of superstitions there including don't throw a knife into whirling wind, you could kill somebody! Dad's ancestors were gypsies. Oh boy. Thankfully they didn't want us to believe in the old tales. The neighbors though, they'd talk about restless spirits and the evil eye and it would creep me out.
 
Superstition is much like religion/God. Whatever fits their belief.
Superstition: When something bad happens, it's because of a black cat, walking under a ladder, breaking a mirror. And if it happens on Friday the 13th, people will say, "See?"

Religion/God: When someone gets lucky, escapes injury, recovers from an illness, people say, "See? Prayer works."

:)
 
Saying "Bless you" if someone sneezes.... This seems to be either the belief that the soul was leaving the body, or an early symptom of the plague. In either case saying "(God) Bless you" was a "prayer" to wish good health the person who sneezed.

There is some suggestion that in the song "Ring a ring of roses" the expression "Atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down" refers to having the plague.
 
Gary O' said:
He's almost thru with jump school, then special training
Then Afghanistan
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I misstated
He just entered jump school a week or so ago
Next, special training
Then....not sure
He wants to go to Afghanistan
...and probably will...maybe
No papers yet
 
I'm not that superstitious. Good things have happened to me on Friday the 13th. I really wanted a black cat once but wound up with a black one with white markings. I have walked under a ladder but I think the reason was that part of the street was obstructed somehow.
 
chic said:
That's not a superstition, it's a fact. My cousin was a homicide detective for 30 years and he always said crimes increased on the full moon. He wasn't superstitious at all
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I'm not at all superstitious

But

That lunar lunatic thing is real
Too many coincidences in regard to my daughter's not so little 'events'
 
Ruthanne said:
I used to be more superstitious and got that from having a friend that was extremely superstitious. Still trying to throw her influence off of me. I've always had good luck on Friday the 13ths. I used to walk down the street trying not to step on cracks! Not any more.
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My parents got married on Friday, January 13th. They will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary in 3 months. And since I'm one of their sweetest, most intelligent and caring offspring, I think it was good luck for them! LOL!
 
Capt Lightning said:
Saying "Bless you" if someone sneezes.... This seems to be either the belief that the soul was leaving the body, or an early symptom of the plague. In either case saying "(God) Bless you" was a "prayer" to wish good health the person who sneezed.

There is some suggestion that in the song "Ring a ring of roses" the expression "Atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down" refers to having the plague.
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All these years I thought it was because of what someone told me when I was 12: "We say Bless You when someone sneezes because your heart doesn't beat when you sneeze."
 
win231 said:
All these years I thought it was because of what someone told me when I was 12: "We say Bless You when someone sneezes because your heart doesn't beat when you sneeze."
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Reminds me of my single digit years when gurls would brush their forefinger with their other forefinger and say something like 'aumv'
Anybody can explain the origin of that?....or have I gone lunar
 
win231 said:
I've never been superstitious. In fact, I always walk under ladders just to laugh at people's reaction.

I don't. There could be a bucket of paint up there just waiting to fall.

My mom was superstitious. My piano teacher had a black cat that my mom hated.
My mom was a terrible driver & she got a speeding ticket on the way home from my piano lesson. She blamed it on the cat. I told her, "How does a cat make you drive too fast....you always speed, you just didn't get away with it this time." (She was Stupidstitious)
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I don't walk under ladders. There could be a bucket of paint hanging there just waiting to fall.

The rest of it? Hmmn? I claim not to be superstitious but if I am going gambling and a homeless person asks for money I always give it and claim it makes me lucky.
It worked the other day and of course it does make the homeless person feel lucky as well.
 
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