The general consensus I think is bad luck. If a black cat crosses your path while walking under the ladder..... run.
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.
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There are two types of luck: good luck and bad luck.
No. Luck doesn't work that way. There may be people that think it is good luck.
Superstition is a belief not based on reason. It is sometimes attributed to luck or fate. Some superstitions are: Break a mirror seven years of bad luck. Always hold your breath when passing a cemetery Raise your hands when going under a train overpass and there is a train on the bridge. Step on a crack, break your mothers back. Throw salt over your shoulder when you spill it. Never walk under a ladder. Never have a black cat cross your path. The list goes on and on.
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.
there is no such thing as bad luck
its meansd bad luck ... also if you dream of walking under a ladder ! so careful
1. Walking under a ladder? 2. Touch Wood. 3. Seven years bad luck when a mirror cracks.
Yes! If you walk under a rotten termite filled wooden ladder, watch out! It might fall on you!
It is a supersticious belief that it is bad luck to do so
There are no causes of bad luck because good and bad luck do not exist. But allegadly, stepping on a crack, walking under a ladder, and knocking over a salt shaker are some of the most popular 'causes' of bad luck.
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.
The superstition surrounding walking under a ladder is believed to have originated from ancient Egypt, where the triangle shape formed by a ladder leaning against a wall was seen as a symbol of the "holy trinity" and walking through it was considered disrespectful to the gods. This belief was later adopted by other cultures and evolved into a superstition associated with bad luck.
Some examples of superstitions are walking under a ladder, knocking on wood, and having bad luck after breaking a mirror. Superstitions do not have a scientific basis, there might be a reason such as someone walking under a ladder might get something dropped on them, but this is not scientific.
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.