Superstitions

Horseshoe must be put over the door to ward off evil spirits, An astrological almanac on the table, abowl of cream set out for fairies nightly, stockpile of charms to ward off ghosts and witches, no whistling after dark. There were many beliefs that guided day-to-day behavior and activities of people: if you fell from your horse, you would carefully note the day and hour of the fall as an unlucky time to ride If a child or animal came between two friends as they strolled in the meadow, it was a sure sign they would soon not be friends putting a shirt on wrong side out in the morning was a sign that a bad day was to come chattering magpies announced the arrival of guests a croaking raven warned that the bubonic plague was on its way certain numbers were luckier than others Most Elizabethans believed in astrology. Consulting the stars helped these confused people determine what specific actions to take. Chief among many of their fears were of ghosts---souls of the dead who were making return trips to earth for very specific reasons. Ghosts were also terriby gruesome, nothing like our white sheeted Halloween ghosts. A ghost always had a mission when he came to earth. Some came to ask for a proper burial, others wanted to warn the living about the future, and others came to avenge their own deaths. Not only were visits by ghosts unpleasant but they created much confusion because the church taught that there were no such things. The church insisted that ghosts were devils in disguise. If ghosts weren't enough to keep you awake, you had fairies to worry about. (and not the Tinkerbell variety!) The Elizabethan fairies were life-sized creatures, fiendish and malicious. They might make your milk go sour or your cows sick. They came in several models: hostile river spirits who lured sailors to their deaths giants and hags fairy aristocrats who danced and feasted ordinary everyday goblins Elizabethans left food out for them, flattered them outloud to make peace with them. And goodness, if your house was messy or dirty! the fairies would come and pinch you and you would wake in the morning with bruises! And then there were the old hag witches. Those people who were often ugly, poverty-stricken, disheveled, and diseased were thought to be dealing in witchcraft. The Elizabethans believed in the curses and in black magic.

My mom always told me it meant someone is thinking of you.

Creepieness of the cycle....... - blows wind -

"Your soul connecting with the outside world"

NO! All chain mails are to scare or make you really happy, but nothing happens. It's just a whole bunch of hulabaloo! So don't keep your hopes up, or be frightened. Even if its a bad one, God decides your death and punishment! I used to be scared, but im not anymore because its FAKE!

poo poo

A common superstitious belief about stars is that if you see a single star in the evening sky and wish on it, your wish will come true. Other beliefs include the idea that each star is an angel or that each star is the soul of a person who has died.

they thought that girls wernt pretty if they were short

No. They are a scam.

fountain o' youth? Holy water?

When you're about to step in it's turds.

the true color of death is White, but most people perfer black because it's dark and twisted.

or if Robert Jordan is to be believed "Trust is the colour of Death"

It symbolizes Anarchy.

Anarchy is a socio-political system, which, at its roots, has no one person having power over another. A complete lack of hierarchy.

The devil's luck is the kind of luck that turns back on you like say for instants if you have just won a million dollars your husband or wife leaves you for another man/woman. so if something good happens to you thn something bad is comming next.

2 months ago a 16 year old boy called David Gregory received a pass it on text and didn't send it on. when he went to take a shower he heard laughing. He started freaking out and he went to his phone to send it on. He went to sleep, 5 hours later his mom woke up because of a loud noise. David was gone that morning, a few hours later his body was found in a sewer, his neck broken and his skin on his face torn off.

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That is simply the forwarded text that people forward in fear but I always research such things instead of sending on chain texts.

First of all: Does it make ANY sense that if he was missing that morning, his body would be found a few hours later? Nope. No police force is going to start looking that quickly first of all because it takes 24 hours to be considered a missing person and his mother only heard "a loud noise". So what police detective is going to say "Wow! That must not've been him waking up and leaving but more likely - it's a crazy haunted girl and hey you know what? I'll be he's in the sewers let's go!" Not gonna effin happen.

don't forget that he wouldn't have recived a text saying about how HE headr screaming when HE was still alived?

it wouldn't have had the threat of HIS death, but ohhh, i sent it on anyway :L

Here is the full story.

Bullying killed her.

There and then, Carmen decided that she couldn't take the bullying any longer. She planned to stay behind, that evening, after school, and tell her teacher what had been happening. Unfortunately, her decision came too late to save her life.

After lunch, her teacher announced that the school was holding a fire drill. When the alarm sounded, Carmen and the other students filed out of the classroom and assembled in the yard outside. As the teachers read out the roll call, the gang of five girls decided that this was a great opportunity to embarrass Carmen in front of the whole school during the fire drill. They moved over to where Carmen was standing, near a sewer drain, and began crowding the poor girl, getting in her face and nudging her towards the open manhole.

They pushed her and she tripped over and fell head-first down the manhole. When they saw her falling, the girls started giggling and when Carmen's name was called out, they shouted "Shes down in the sewer!"

All of the other students began laughing. But when the teachers looked down the manhole and saw Carmen's body lying at the bottom in the muck and the poop, the laughter abruptly stopped. Her head was twisted around at an odd angle and her face was covered in blood. Worse still, she wasn't moving. There was nothing any of the teachers could do for her. Carmen was dead. When the police arrived and went down into the sewer, they determined that she had broken her neck. Her face had been torn off when she hit the ladder on the way down and her neck snapped when she landed on her head on the concrete at the bottom.

The police hauled Carmen's body out of the sewer and sent her to the mortuary. Everyone had to stay behind after school while the police questioned all of Carmen's classmates. The five girls lied to the police, saying they had witnessed Carmen falling down the sewer. The police believed the girls and Carmen Winstead's death was ruled an accident and the case was closed. Everyone thought that was the last they would hear of Carmen Winstead, but they were wrong.

Months later, Carmen's classmates began receiving strange e-mails on their MySpaces. The e-mails were titled "They Pushed Her" and claimed that Carmen hadn't really fallen down the sewer, she had been pushed. The e-mails also warned that the guilty people should own up and take responsibility for their crime. If they didn't there would be horrible consequences. Most people dismissed the e-mails as a hoax, but others were not so sure.

A few days later, one of the girls who pushed Carmen down the sewer was at home taking a shower, when she heard a strange cackling laugh. It seemed to be coming from the drain. The girl started to freak out and ran out of the bathroom. That night, the girl said goodnight to her mom and went to sleep. Five hours later, her mom was awoken in the middle of the night, by a loud noise that resounded throughout the house. She ran into her daughters room, only to find it empty. There was no trace of the girl. The worried mother called the police and when they arrived, they conducted a search of the area. Eventually, they discovered the girls grisly remains.

Her corpse was lying in the sewer, covered in muck and poop. Her neck was broken and her face missing. It had been completely torn off. One by one, all of the girls who pushed Carmen that day were found dead. They had all been killed in exactly the same way and were all found at exactly the same spot. In the sewer at the bottom of the same uncovered manhole where Carmen had met her doom. But the killing didn't stop there. More and more of Carmen's former classmates were found dead. It seemed that anyone who didn't believe that Carmen had been pushed, was eventually found down in the sewer with their necks broken and their faces torn off.

They say that Carmen's ghost is still on the rampage, hunting down anyone who doesn't believe her story. According to the legend, Carmen will get you, whether from a toilet, a shower, a sink or a drain. When you go to sleep, you'll wake up in the sewer, in complete darkness, paralyzed, unable to move, hearing cackling laughter all around you. Then, as you scream in horror, Carmen will come and tear your face off.

So be careful who you bully, because you just might find yourself on the receiving end of the curse of Carmen Winstead.

FACT: About two months later, 16-year-old David Gregory read this post and didn't repost it. When he went to take a shower, he heard laughter, started freaking out, and ran to his computer to repost it. He said goodnight to his mom and went to sleep, but five hours later, his mom woke up in the middle of the night from a loud noise and David was gone. A few hours later, the police found him in the sewer, with a broken neck and the skin on his face peeled off.

Even Google her name - you'll find this to be true.

Repost this if your against bullying- rather scared right now

GREEN MEANS - Green is calming, the color of fresh beginnings and new life. Studies show that the color green increases well being, calmness and restful emotions. Those who love the color green are often affectionate, loyal and frank. Green lovers are also aware of what others think of them and consider their reputation very important. If green is your favorite color, chances are you're emotional, caring, and aware of those around you.

If you want to.

good luck

Back in the olden days, yes. Now most people don't but if your homeless then yeah you might find it as luck.

According to Chinese legend, a person with hard hands will lead a life full of obstacles. As opposed to a person with soft hands, who are believed to have lives of luxury.

1. Looking people in the eye when touching drink glasses and saying "cheers" to avoid bad luck in several varying forms, ranging from seven years general bad luck to ten years bad sex.

2. The wearing of a lucky item of clothing by our sporting superstars, god bless 'em.

3. Waiting a few extra seconds before opening the microwave door when the cooking has completed, just in case of "nuclear fallout".

Most superstitions come from the outsome of a previous event, say if a barrel racer won with a certian pair of jeans, she might wear them everytime she runs, because she would think they were lucky, or if a roper missed the steer with a certain rope a whole bunch of times, he may not use that rope anymore.

No, not that I know of. I've never heard of anyone having bad luck after getting their hair cut at night.

no its not i got my hair cut at night and i got no bad luck just good