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Superstitions
Beliefs and practices resulting from the human need to find causation in the everyday happenings of life. This is where we will try to unravel some of the unusual and esoteric things people ask us about.
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What is the possibility of getting possessed by a ghost if your house is at a crossroad?
Absolutely NO chance of being posessed by anything!
What is the superstition of a red robin following you around even a distance in a vehicle?
Thats too wierd.
Generally, no. They can usually be proven to be untrue. For instance, as a child I heard that if you step on a crack, you break your mother's back. But my mother never had a broken back and I have stepped on plenty of cracks!
What does it mean if you have a birth mark on your butt?
Rationally, it means nothing in particular - birthmarks can occur anywhere on the body, although some types (eg "Mongolian Blue Spots") are typically located on the lower back or buttocks. Such marks are common in people of Asian origin, but can occur in other racial groups. They're of no real significance, other than possibly indicating some Asian ancestry.
Some types of birthmark tend only to occur on certain areas of the body, and these may be medically significant as indicators of particular conditions. However, most birthmarks are harmless, although they may be disfiguring in some cases.
Common brown pigmented naevi may occur anywhere; it's not unusual for these to be located on the buttocks, and cosmetically there are worse places to have a birthmark, especially if it's large! I have a brown birthmark on my left buttock, and I'm glad it's there rather than somewhere more visible.
Some astrologers interpret birthmarks on the buttocks as indicators that the bearers lack ambition/ are lazy; others assert that people with these marks are courageous, imaginative, and creative! IMO, this is nonsense... but if you accept such beliefs it could, of course, become a self-fulfilling prophecy!
So, generally, a birthmark on your butt is of no significance whatsoever - it's just one of those things; unless you or someone else wants to read something into it.
Have superstition ever been proved right?
To me the very nature of a superstition is that they can not be proved one way or the other.
Superstition is "is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge"
Some say it it bad luck to walk under a ladder, this is a superstition.
It might not be a good idea to walk under a ladder, as the person up the ladder might drop something that hits you on the head, but the actual act of walking under that ladder is not in and of itself "unlucky" or "bad" it just carries a very small risk of having something hit you on the head.
It has been my experience that superstitions are a lot like cliches, there has to be (or at least once was) some basis of fact in them or they wouldn't exist, but they are not always right.
Remember some superstition have been around for generations, and life has changed considerably in that time, things that were common practice back then have since been proven to be incorrect... after all people once believed the earth was flat...
What would cause a zombie apocalypse?
The supposed outbreak of "zombisim" in Cambodia is nothing but an outright myth. There is no chance of a zombie outbreak, therefore no chance of a supposed "zombie apocalypse".
Superstition means a belief or notion not based on reason or knowledge, or on an actual connection to a logical or scientific phenomenon.
Superstitions are commonly used to explain occurrences that may be random chance, or that have some undiscovered logical explanation. They would include such ancient folklore as breaking a mirror, or black cats, and such modern examples as sports fans wearing "lucky socks" to a game.
Why is breaking glass good luck?
Breaking glass is not good luck- it is bad luck.
If you have bad luck coming your way, breaking glass will, according to superstition, eliminate it. Breaking glass, without any (bad luck) precursor, will supposedly manifest itself in only bad luck.
Speaking in more detail, according to superstition, when one has bad luck coming his or her way, breaking a mirror works as a shield to bad luck. A mirror is a reflective device. When one breaks a mirror, it will reflect the bad luck of a broken mirror. But, when already in the presence of bad luck, it reflects the bad luck in the bad-luck dimension. Bad luck in the bad luck dimension is good luck, which we all obstinately have.
Why did Medieval people believe in superstitions?
It was a way to explain events that they didn't understand. If you don't know how or why something happens, then, people make up the answers. We have superstitions today that we take for fact that 1000 years from now people will wonder how we could think such things.
The answer depends on the type of bad luck and how you supposedly got it.
Spilled salt - throw a pinch of it over your left shoulder.
Put your shirt (or over article of clothing) on backward/inside out - remove the shirt, climb back in bed, get up again and put on a different shirt.
Passing a graveyard - cross you fingers or hold your breath until you are past.
Black cat crosses your path - cross your fingers, spit on the ground, turn around and go another route to your destination.
Crow (or raven) flies across your path - recite the "Lord's Prayer" while the bird is in flight and in sight.
General "bad luck" from unknown source - carry a "lucky" charm, amulet or talisman.
Bad gambling luck, from unknown source - stand up from your seat, move your self to another place/table, move your money/chips to your other pocket/side. Or go home and try another day.
Where did bless you come from when a person sneezes?
It was once believed that the violence of a sneeze, momentarily displaced your soul from your body.
During that moment, people thought the devil could step in, and take you over. By saying "bless you" someone else could keep the devil from inhabiting you.
Why is it bad luck to spill salt?
The widespread superstition that spilling salt brings bad luck is believed to have originated with the overturned salt cellar in front of Judas Iscariot at the Last Supper, an incident immortalized in Leonardo Da Vinci's famous painting.
According to an old Norwegian superstition, a person will shed as many tears as will be necessary to dissolve the salt spilled. An old English belief has it that every grain of salt spilled represents future tears. The Germans believe that whoever spills salt arouses enmity, because it is thought to be the direct act of the devil, the peace disturber. The French throw a little spilled salt behind them in order to hit the devil in the eye, to temporarily prevent further mischief. In the United States, some people not only toss a pinch of spilled salt over the left shoulder, but crawl under the table and come out the opposite side.
How were superstitions formed?
there is no specific source for a superstition. someone started it and it continued.it also forms from stories told by elders to scare children
Is it bad luck spotting a black cat?
No seeing a black cat is not bad luck dont Believe who tells you that
Is it bad luck if a fish is served without its tail in China?
yes it is because in China they eat fish. if they dont have there tail it will be easier to eat. if they do they wont be able to eat it,
What to do after breaking a mirror?
Go on living life... that means picking up the pieces and possibly getting a new mirror. if you think that it'll give you bad luck then you have 7 years of it..
Why is it bad luck to do your laundry on Easter Sunday?
It is not 'bad luck' to do laundry on Easter Day or any other day in fact. The reason for this is simple: 'luck' as such, does not exist and is part of superstitious nonsense. Easter Day is commemorated as the day in which Jesus Christ rose from death after his crucifixion the Friday before. 'Luck' therefore and other superstition, has no place in matters Christian or elsewhere for that matter.
Is it bad luck to do your laundry on Easter Sunday?
i thought that was New Years your not supposed to do laundry
my aunt and another distant cousin washed laundry on new years and both died the same year, but i think just coincidence. i mean i usually wash clothes, drink and/or fornicate on my holidays and im still breathin.
