Friday the 13th
 

Tomorrow is Friday the 13th.

How superstitious are you.........?

What are your superstitions.......?

I am fairly superstitious............I won't put new shoes on the table.

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is that one?

****** i work work in a sports shop lol.

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Well I have to admit to not being overly supersticious. I suppose I do the odd little thing that could be classed as so, but thats about it.

The actual day of Friday the 13th doesnt bother me at all. I relate it more to the good old movies of hack and slash than a bad luck day lol

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I always salute a magpie. and ask how his wife is.

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Yeah......I do that too.

Never open an umbrella indoors.

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I never walk under ladders, but thats cause I've seen too many things dropped off them.

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How many people , after spilling salt, throw some over their shoulder.

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i admit to , not walking under ladders, saluting the magpie & asking how is lady wife is, no new shoes on the table & throwing salt over my shoulder if i spill some, but friday the 13 has never bothered me.

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oh yes......I admit to that one too.

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I won't whistle when I'm backstage or refer to a certain "Scottish play" by name. I'm not particularly worried about anything related to superstition, but I don't want to get other folks going!

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oh yes I do that

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I don't throw salt over my shoulder but I always look for a 2nd magpie. Friday 13th doesn't bother me but I never walk under ladders in case something drops on my head. New shoes and umbrellas don't bother me but I did used to have a pair of 'lucky' pants which were usually worn on first dates, interviews etc.:D

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What was lucky about them, or is that one for the true confessions thread.

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Hehehehe, definitely one for the confessions thread..:)

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Then get on with it everyone else bared their soul. Why should you be different ..................

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not supersticious about anything EXEPT friday 13th which goes back many years,and is not up for topic,but i admit to being very wary whenever it comes around.

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How do u enter a championship?

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best of luck hope it does

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My partner and I were disappointed that it falls THIS year - had it been next year we would have (well I would have) wanted to get married then because I know that my family is super superstitious and would have been panicking. I would have found it quite funny.
This time its unlucky for me - today I get to work with a member of staff that we have all classified as a grade "A" nutcase. The joy!

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I always count magpies, prefering to see 5 or 6, than just one. I say 'God's speed' when I drop important post into the post box and I put a coin in any purse, wallet or bag that I'm giving to someone as a present.

I don't bother about Friday 13th, ladders or salt though.

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spilt salt has been proven to be verry unlucky....


for slugs :D

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I find it funny how we learn these things. Most of us usually inherit superstisions from our parents and family. I guess its a case of copying what you see until it becomes a sort of 'ritual' that u find yourself doing.

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Last time it was Friday the 13th in August 2004. I was rushed to hospital after suffering a heart attack.
This time I'm drinking a cup of tea whilst on the Accy web.
Now in recovered and feeling great.

I'm not supersticious; BUT I DON'T PUSH MY LUCK

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No repeats please Jim ...........

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ER LAZEEBOY how do you know you had a heart attack its only MAY 13th 2005 now ??
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/3/3_9_3.gif

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well spotted mick i missed that lol

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There you go Mick. Just like Phillips I'm simply years ahead.

Well spotted eagle-eye

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hehe LAZEEBOY i see you edited the date in the post BUT i can see into the future too
thats why i quoted you in my post i new you would change it hehe

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Your far too quick for me Mick

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i am not realy superstitious ,but i still dont do things like putting new shoes on the table ,i always throw salt over my shoulder when i spill some,even though i dont believe in theese things ,i think i have a screw loose ..

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i consider it to be bad luck if a black cat crosses my path..



for the cat that is :uzi:

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So, what takes you backstage Billcat? Are you a musician or an actor? I play drums and used to work at a club in Liverpool backing cabaret. I was once whistling a tune in the dressing room when we had finished getting the dots and the cabaret artist asked me how long I had been in "show business." I told him how long and then asked why he wanted to know. He moaned on about people whisting in the dressing room being bad luck. I had never heard of that superstition, mind you, I'm not superstitious anyway so it didn't bother me. Mind you, it may have had an effect on him, because he was bloody crap!:D

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I've done a lot of performing with various community theatre groups over the years. Started doing shows when I was in high school, so I've been at it for quite some time. Over the years, I have played Nicely Nicely Johnson (Guys and Dolls), Captain Hook (Peter Pan), Sancho Panza (Man of La Mancha), Dayy Warbucks (Annie), Marcellus Washburn (The Music Man), Sir Joseph Porter (HMS Pinafore), Teddy Brewster (Arsenic and Old Lace), Elwood P. Dowd (Harvey), Santa Claus (any number of Christmas shows), Major Metcalf (The Mousetrap), Inspector Belsize (Night Must Fall), Colonel Gillweather (Something's Afoot), W.C. Fields (The Ziegfeld Revue) plus many more.

Found this on the web about whistling backstage, "Regarding the superstition that whistling in the theatre brings bad luck. According to a Terry Pratchett book (Masquerade?) stage hands used whistling signals to communicate with each other while a performance was in progress. This way they could move props etc with sandbags and pulleys without disturbing the performers. If you whistled on stage, you risked having a sandbag land on your head."

Another story I have heard say that in the early days of flying scenery, sailors did a lot of the work getting the rigging set up, and that the whistles they used on ship, they also used in the threatre.

Time for a question: We don't have magpies where I live, so what is the superstition that has folks counting them?

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There used to be a rhyme about counting magpies, went something like this:

One for sorrow,
two for mirth,
three for a wedding,
four for a birth,
five for rich,
six for poor,
Seven for a witch,
.....can't remember any more

One of the guys I drink with down here looks after the birds in the Tower. That's a hell of a job; if the Ravens buggar off for any reason, then England falls. Thats a bit too much responsibility.

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How do you know it's a mister magpie?

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One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret never to be told.

That's the version I heard and wasn't it this version which was the theme tune to the TV programme Magpie?

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or
1 for sorrow
2 for joy
3 for a girl
4 for a boy
5 for silver
6 for gold
7 for a secret never to be told
8 a wish
9 a kiss
10 is a bird you should not miss
yes it was magpie the tv show

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I would say I wasn't superstitious but I do worry a bit if I only see one magpie - you see how we're brainwashed as children!! Have been known to throw salt over shoulder, and if I accidentally put anything on inside out, I am reluctant to change it as it is bad luck!

The theatre thing is true - having worked in rep, to mention the Scottish play by name is to risk total disaster in any theatre, and whistling is definitely out. It's also bad luck to wish anyone good luck in a production, so the usual line is "Break a leg"!

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specially if i'm driving lol

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I hadn't heard of most of that - I have heard about the salt and the ladders, but I routinely walk under ladders and the spilt salt is usually courtesy of the children.

I heard about one person who used to stay in bed on Friday 13th and not go to work, until one day someone asked her what she would do if the chimney collapsed! She didn't stay in bed after that!

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Margaret and anyone else on here may find this site of interest!:)

http://www.crystalinks.com/friday13th2.html
as for me I'm only superstitious about football!

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Pendy......I'm with you on that one......if I put anything on inside out it stays that way until it is due to come off........another one is......I never buy a purse........I like to get a purse as a gift......that way it is supposed to bring you luck with money.

I always salute the Magpie by saying 'Good Morning Captain......how's your lady wife....and the children.....well, I hope!'

So I guess I am more superstitious than I thought.

I have (so far) survived Friday the 13th......but I'm still touching wood......and I have my fingers crossed !!!!!

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i am superstisious (or however its spelt) of black cats as i have an unnaturally strange fear of cats i never walk under ladders and salute magpies
and am i the only person that tries not walk under overhanging windowsills