Silly Superstitions
 

What's the funniest or wildest superstition you've ever heard? Here are a few of mine.....

1)Messing with old men will give you worms http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/tongue.gif

2)Don't spilt a post(if two or more people are walking together everyone should go the same way, not in different directions when you walk around a post or pole)

3)Men shouldn't eat any red gravy/sauce from a girlfriend or her family (voodoo)

4)Don't buy your mate a watch because you're putting a time limit on your relationship

I'm busted so I've gotta go, but do you guys have any?


[This message has been edited by exquizit (edited March 16, 2001).]

I have one for you.

Don't buy your mate a pair of shoes, because they will walk out of your life.

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Here goes another...

"Don't step on a crack or you'll break your momma's back!"

That came to mind, b/c I just saw Disappearing Acts again, and I remembered Wesley Snipes saying that and was ridiculed for it. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

I've been an observer for a few days now, but I wanted to add to the list! My grandmother has always told me never to put my purse on the floor. If you do, you won't get any money.... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

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[This message has been edited by jali0004 (edited March 16, 2001).]

My om is always saying that! Another one that goes along with that one is don't give an empty purse or wallet a a gift, you should always add at least dime. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/tongue.gif

I've heard all those before!!!! Let me think of some more, and I'll post later.

along w/the shoe superstition, i always heard "never buy your boyfriend/girlfriend a watch". if you do, they'll know when it's time to leave you. i do follow that one

My grandma has me believing this one and I practice it every year!

Bad luck shall come to you if your Christmas Tree is up on New Year's day.

My tree has to come down by New Year's Eve! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

I've heard these silly superstitions come out of my grandmother's mouth...

1) Put an ax (yes, an ax) under a baby's bed to keep the "hanks"( nightmares or ghosts, I guess) away.... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

2) If you sweep under a woman's feet, she will never get married.

Maybe that's why I'm single... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

3) If your chest itches, someone wants to get with cha'.

4) Put a dime with a hole in it around a baby's neck when they're teething. This supposedly helps them teethe easier.

Oh, I have a few.

You know the saying, "Find a penny. Pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck." Well I heard that you'll only have good luck if the penny is heads up. If the penny is tails up, you should leave it on the ground because it will be bad luck for you.

If you're sweeping the house and you accidentally sweep over someone's foot, you're supposed to spit on the broom before you start sweeping again. Otherwise, you'll have bad luck in your household.

And lastly, on New Year's Eve you're supposed to make sure there is change behind your couch/living room furniture when the clock strikes midnight. If you do, you're supposed to have good luck with money all year. :-)

Hmmm, I bought my current boyfriend a watch for his birthday last year, and he lost it...does that count? :-)

I heard you were supposed to have the person whose foot you swept blow on the broom. That's what my sister always made me do.

If you dream about someone fishing or fish in general, that means someone is pregnant. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

One of my cousin's pert near (think Beverly Hillbillies to understand) had a heart attack when I told her I bought my then boyfriend a watch our first Christmas together. She had a different twist on her's though. She said I was ticking the time away with him. Well, 15 years later he is my husband and although he lost the watch, I still have him!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

Some superstitions in my family are:

1. A man must be the first person to enter your house on New Year's Day.

2. Put a cross made of straw from a broom in a baby's head to cure the hiccups.

3. If a bird enters your house he must leave the same way he came in or there will be a death.


You know, my boyfriend bought me a watch for Christmas 1998. We broke up six weeks later so there ya go!

I have heard everyone of those! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

the only thing is on New Years my family always said be sure to have some sort of money in your wallet, eat cabbage for money(and you hang one good cabbage leaf over each entrance)and black-eyed-peas for good luck!

The fish dream goes all over the place it seems..they even used that one on Soul Food http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/tongue.gif

as well as "Don't sweep your trash out the front door" LOl http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

[This message has been edited by exquizit (edited March 16, 2001).]

Here are a few that my grandmother, who was very superstitious, would always tell me:

If you drop a comb on the floor, step on it before you pick it up-to prevent bad luck.

If you spill salt, take some in you hand and throw it over your shoulder-to prevent bad luck.

If you ears are hurting, someone is talking about you.

If your chest itches, that means they are growing.

If your hand itches, you will be coming into money soon.

Hmmm, I've never heard that one. I did buy my EX a watch. *hindsight* But it got stolen. Does that cancel the superstition? LOL!

My best friend's aunt says that you will never conceive if you wear silk underwear!

(Dang! That may put a lot of us out of the running!! I can't give up the silk "draws"!!)

I never gave or have gotten a watch from a boyfriend and I still have EX's... Hmmmm...

Here's some:

How ever you treat someone on New Year's Day will come back to you for the rest of the year...

If you look at next year's calendar before it's time, you'll get sick.. (Don't ask)

Never give knives as a wedding gift, you'll sever the relationship... (My brother asked for a new set of carving board knives for $60!!! I don't think anyone got him that gift!!!)

That's all I can think of for now...

We have many superstitions here in Hawaii, a lot of em don't make any sense.

*Don't whistle at night...you'll attract the spirits.

*Clipping your finger/toe nails at night is bad luck.

*You should never ever point to something at a cemetery...that's considered bad luck too. If you accidentaly do, bite your finger.

*We have a highway where one should never ever have PORK in their car when traveling on it. People say that PORK is the food of the gods, and the highway cuts through land where PORK is taboo. It sounds weird, I know, but people who have tested that superstition have actually had their cars break down on the highway.

*If a child bends over and looks between his/her legs, a sibling is usually on the way and mommy will soon be pregnant.

And my favorite one:

*When a woman is on her "monthly", she needs to protect her head from rain or else she'll get white hairs early.

Funny, I know...but my mom totally believes in each one of those I've listed. I find myself believing in them too sometimes.

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If a black cat walks towards you, it brings good fortune, but if it walks away, it takes the good luck with it.

i remember one day i was walking home and there was some other people walking in the same direction as i, maybe about half a block up we spotted a black cat in the path and when i say everyone, i mean everyone turned around a crossed the street to avoid being in this cats path. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

Keep cats away from babies because they "suck the breath" of the child.

For good luck throughout the year, wear new clothes on Easter

A watermelon will grow in your stomach if you swallow a watermelon seed.

Don't worry, OohTeenyWahine. It's not only in Hawaii. Many of these I have heard also from my mom and she's from the Caribbean!
Also:

I've heard that for a hiccupping baby you're supposed to take a piece of string,lint,etc from the child's clothing and stick it on their forehead with your saliva!

If you're in a room by yourself and it sounds like someone is calling you, DON"T ANSWER! It could be the spirits. (yeah, yeah, I know).

Question: Has anyone experienced laying in bed and feeling that you couldn't move? like you were being held down? Some call this a witch/devil riding your back. Have you heard of this?




[This message has been edited by lilmama_26 (edited March 17, 2001).]

YES Lil_Mama...and it is the scariest sensation. But I heard that you get that feeling when your mind is awake before your body.

My grandmother had the SPOOKIEST stories and superstitons (there was some weird sh*t goings on in Magnolia Mississippi)... here are a few.

Don't have ANY appliances on in the house during a lightening storm...cuzz' lightning will strike the house.

Don't TALK while there is a ligtening storm...cuzz GOD is doing his work.

If you wake up in the morning and all of the covers are on the floor...The HANT has visited you and pulled the covers off of you in your sleep.

If you get a sudden chill....a goose has walked over your grave.

For some reason, you aren't supposed to let a baby see it's reflection in the mirror until it gets to a certain age. I've never been able to understand THAT one.

You're not supposed to take the ring off of a friends finger...cuzz you won't be friends no mo'....

If you have peacock feathers in your house, somebody is gonna die.

These things are superstitions??? http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

Just kidding. Anyway, I have heard of/experienced the hag/ ha'nt thing (where a hag's jumped you & that's why you can't move). I've since learned that it poor circulation, or your mind wakes up before your body (or so they say, but if I ever catch that durn hag...)! They say that you should put salt on your doorstep to catch the hag and pepper to burn her. Salt in a jar will trap her. Ok, Ok...

I always thought the red sauce/gravy thing was really nasty... I'll leave it at that.

Here's one: if a bird finds one/some of your hairs & uses it to help make their nest, you'll loose your mind (weaves don't count).

[This message has been edited by tickledpink (edited March 18, 2001).]

Girrrrl... makes 'em cut teeth harder!!!

South Cack's in here!

Some of the Superstitions my mother/grandmother tell me are:

Always throw away your toe nail/finger nail clippings, if you don't someone will take them and put a spell on you.

You aren't supposed to let someone step over you while you are laying on the floor because it will bring badluck.

If someone sweeps over your feet with a broom you will never get married.

If a lizard falls on your head you are pregnant.

It's bad luck to play jacks(litti is what it's called where i'm from) in the house because it will bring bad luck.

You aren't supposed to throw away bread without wetting it first becuase it is wasteful/bad luck.

Don't rest your hands on your head because it's bad luck.

Put flour on your doorstep at night to keep the witches out.

When your hand is itching you will be coming into money.

If you dream of a dog attacking you, then you are going to lose a friend.

Those are just a few that I can remember.

AH HA!!! NOW I SEE said the Blind Man as he picked up his hammer and saw. THAT IS WHY this fool who loveded me and wanted to marry me was a total loser!! I bought him some Nikes on clearance, my check bounced and to this day I CRINGE when I think of that unnecessary purchase.

Boy a lot of these I have heard and some are new.

I have heard all of these. Some I believe, some I don't. I bought my ex a watch and a pair of shoes. We broke up soon after. Coincidence? http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/rolleyes.gif

As far as the "can't get up" thing, I have experienced that. My grandmother always said it was because I watched too many horror movies and demons were visiting me. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif She said I should sleep with a bible under my pillow. And, if it happened again, to call out Jesus' name or Jehovah, to chase the demons away. I used to have so much trouble going to sleep because I was scared it was going to happen again. Boy, I had a lot of sleepless nights. I don't watch too many horror movies for that very reason. Especially horror movies like "The Exorcist" or "Amityville Horror". Just in case... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

My dad always said it was bad luck to "split the pole". If he and I were walking together and there was a pole, (lightpost, mailbox,etc) and we went around it on opposite sides, he'd make me go back around it in the other direction. I still do this today if it should happened when I am walking with someone else. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/redface.gif

[This message has been edited by Serenity (edited March 18, 2001).]

I heard walking around with one shoe on, means you are hurting your mother...

Oh! I learned this from my mother-in-law since moving to the Virgin Islands: don't cut a baby's hair before he/she begins to talk because then they will never talk.

It is a tradition in my family for a baby boy to get his first haircut on his first birthday. I was feeling "put under pressure" because of these two traditions. I didn't want either family to feel hurt. You know how seriously people take these things and I didn't want any "drama". http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/rolleyes.gif

I started coaching my son so he would say several phrases before his first birthday, that way everyone would be happy. Turns out, most of his "baby" hair fell out and he didn't even need a haircut. Phew... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

I've heard of most of these! I knew this would be a good topic bcause it always brings back family memories! LOL http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

I've heard of "the devil riding your back" alot. Some people have some real horror stories about that one. Some people feel like they're being suffocated(sp)! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

Have you guys heard of the one where if your sleeping and you feel like you're falling you should try your best to wake up before you actually fall because that means death...or something like that.

I heard that if you LAND, that means death. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

Just silly superstitions... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif

I would always hear that if someone dreams about fish, it means that someone is pregnant. Don't talk about people while you are pregnant or your child might come out looking ugly http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif Don't split poles; if someone sweeps your foot with a broom you should spit on it so you won't have bad luck http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/tongue.gif If you spill salt, throw some over your shoulder for good luck.

Oh my, some of these are very interesting. On the common sense request of my sister I have stopped believing in most/all silly superstitions but sometimes I still abide by what my g-ma (grandma) told me. Here are some for yall:

1) If the doorbell rings or if you hear a knock at the door, but when you answer it no one is there well guess what you just let in those darn HAGS (ghost, spirits - good and bad) ;-) in NYC I think we prevent that by not answering our door.

2) If you drop KNIVES or forks (not sure about spoons) see which direction they land. If it is pointing toward you it means something different then if it were pointing away. Dang g-ma would be upset I did not pay attention to that one

3) Cut your hair only when there is a new moon and it will grow, actually a Hispanic friend of mine told me this one.

4) No walking under ladders, don't ask me why, some type of bad luck.

Well, like I said yall have some interesting ones, make me want to start believing again. I stopped because since my sister and I have been following God and the bible more closely some of these things don't make sense any more - doesn't fit in with reality.

I've heard that if a fork/spoon drops on the floor and it's facing upward, then company's coming -- hungry. But it it drops faced downward, then they're full.

Also, if a spider starts to drop down, don't kill it. If the spider makes it to the floor, then company's definately coming, but if it goes back up, then they've changed their minds.

My mother definately believes in that one!! She burns her hair to this day! Hair is also one of the prime ingredients that folks use to put 'roots' on you, so you know folks was careful with their hair, finger/toe nail clippings, etc.

Here's a couple from my mother..

If your baby has an "outie" belly button, push it in with a fresh egg then bury the egg under the front porch. It will make the outie and inie!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

There should be no dirty clothes in the house on New Years eve. The day before NYE was always big time wash day in our house!

You know, this post had me thinking all weekend about all these superstitions. I thought of a few more:

1. You cannot attend a funeral if you are pregnant, if you do the baby will be mentally retarded or trouble.

2. If you go out in the first spring rain with nothing on your head, your hair will grow.

3.Do not count the stars in the sky or you will bring death to your family.

4. A newscaster here in Chicago says her family always believed if you washed a baby's face with their urine when they are first born, they will be pretty. All I can say is she's beautiful! ( She's from Texas).

Quote: I've heard of "the devil riding your back" alot. Some people have some real horror stories about that one. Some people feel like they're being suffocated(sp)!

lilmama_26 told me about this site- hope you don't mind me stopping in but this happened to me! I never knew what it was so thanks for the insight here- now I do and superstitions or not- at least I know other people felt it too. Before this happen- I converted to Catholic from Methodist... do you think that is why this happen? I can't understand why it happens to some and not others. Take care- http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif sue

OhBOY me too! Happens so often I'm freaked when I go to bed. I've been known to hurl myslef clear out of bed with the force of trying to shake the thing holding me down!

Saw Amityville Horror at a drive in when I was 8. My "babysitter" left me and her 8 yr old brother in the car alone while she went into the snack bar to talk to friends. To this day that movie or any house shaped like that gives me the chills!