Silly Superstitions - Page 2

allsmiles_22 · #16 03-17-2001, 01:05 AM

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.

Ideal08 · #17 03-17-2001, 01:30 AM

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Originally posted by WenD08:
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

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!

herutopia · #18 03-17-2001, 01:34 AM

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"!!)

AKA_Monet · #19 03-17-2001, 01:57 AM

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...

#20 03-17-2001, 02:06 AM

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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MaMaBuddha · #21 03-17-2001, 05:01 AM

are a some..

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.

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.

lilmama_26 · #22 03-18-2001, 12:31 AM

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Originally posted by OohTeenyWahine:
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.

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

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

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?

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Franny Granny · #23 03-18-2001, 04:05 AM

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.

tickledpink · #24 03-18-2001, 04:12 AM

These things are superstitions???

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).

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tickledpink · #25 03-18-2001, 04:16 AM

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Originally posted by Franny Granny:

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.

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

South Cack's in here!

SkittleGirl · #26 03-18-2001, 04:22 AM

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.

CrimsonTide4 · #27 03-18-2001, 08:32 AM

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Originally posted by kiml122:
I have one for you.

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

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.

Serenity · #28 03-18-2001, 11:08 AM

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?

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.

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...

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.

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AKA2D '91 · #29 03-18-2001, 11:11 AM

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

Serenity · #30 03-18-2001, 11:22 AM

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".

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...