superstition /ˌso͞opərˈstiSH(ə)n/
Date: 15th century
1: excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings.
2. a widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief.
Date: 15th century
1: excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings.
2. a widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief.
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- If you suddenly shiver or shudder for no reason ~ someone is walking where your grave will be.
- If you sing before seven ~ you will cry before eleven.
- If you sneeze on Tuesday ~ you will kiss a stranger.
- If your right palm itches ~ you will get money.
- Stumbling or tripping out the door is bad luck, and is caused by ~ bad spirits that lurk in doorways.
- If you kiss over a gate ~ you will have bad luck.
- Knock on wood ~ for good luck.
- For your wish to come true ~ leave the corner of a piece of pie on your plate, make a wish, eat the corner, and then walk out of the room backwards, holding your hands.
- To block the bad luck that comes from walking under a ladder ~ cross your fingers or spit three times between the rungs.
- A tattoo will ~ protect a sailor from drowning & the pox.
- If you wear dark-colored socks that have white toes ~ an elf will not trip you.
- To cure asthma ~ collect spider webs, roll them into a ball in the palms of your hands, then swallow the ball.
- To get rid of freckles ~ wash your face with dew, seven times, while facing east, before dawn, on the first day of May.
- To cure a fever ~ make tea from the dried droppings of wild male rabbits. Drink the tea every half hour until sweating starts.
- Be kind to sparrows because ~ they carry the souls of the dead.
- To make sure she has a boy, a pregnant woman should ~ sleep with a knife in the mattress.
- If you look through a silk scarf at the full moon ~ you will see the face of your future spouse.
- Babies smile in their sleep because ~ they are talking to angels.
- To cure hiccups ~ close your eyes, put your right thumb in your mouth and blow as hard as you can while thinking of the ocean.
- Ancient Egyptians believed that the ring finger on the left hand ~ had a vein that ran directly to the heart.
- If you want it to be a nice day tomorrow ~ clean up all the food on the table today.