although going under a ladder isn't bad luck, probally someone who was walking under a ladder probally got hurt or killed walking under a ladder when something fell on him from a worker on the ladder
walking under a ladder has traditionally been bad luck in the South for decades.
The general consensus I think is bad luck. If a black cat crosses your path while walking under the ladder..... run.
It is a supersticious belief that it is bad luck to do so
there is no such thing as bad luck
its meansd bad luck ... also if you dream of walking under a ladder ! so careful
There is a superstition that is it bad luck to walk underneath of a ladder. Unless the ladder falls on you, nothing will happen if you walk under one. However, it is probably best to just walk around the ladder.
Yes! If you walk under a rotten termite filled wooden ladder, watch out! It might fall on you!
To 'talk' under a ladder; I am not sure; it can't be very safe because you would assume that somebody is working off of the ladder so there would be a high risk of something falling from above (debris or a loose work tool). So not the safest place to stop for a chat.
In the days before the gallows, criminals were hung from the top rung of a ladder and their spirits were believed to linger underneath. Common folklore has it to be bad luck to walk beneath an open ladder and pass through the triangle of evil ghosts and spirits.
1. Walking under a ladder? 2. Touch Wood. 3. Seven years bad luck when a mirror cracks.
Many people have superstitious beliefs. Some examples of these are having bad luck if you spill salt, walk under a ladder, or break a mirror.
If you walk under a ladder you get bad luck If you crack a mirror you have 7 years bad luck If you open an umbrella inside you have bad luck If you put your shoes on a table you have bad luck