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Saw this article this morning and wondering what your views are on this subject, not only this but other superstitions. I can't say I've ever had any superstitions myself, you know the black cat crossing your path or walking under a ladder and I certainly wouldn't refuse to live at a house number 13 that is for sure;)

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I'm not superstitious but I know some people who let it rule their lives. I was always told a black cat crossing your path was lucky but seems to vary from town to town. I call a cat a "moggy" but my friend from Leigh insists a moggy is a mouse.

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Never gave a monkeys about superstitions, but know quite a few saddos that do.:D

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My partner comes from that neck of the woods and she calls um moggies:D

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Cashy, I must be one of the saddo's then:)........I am a bit superstitious, but it doesn't rule my life....well, not in a major way.
I won't open an umbrella indoors, and I don't put new shoes on the table....if I give a gift of a knife or something sharp - I expect a coin in return so that the recipient and I, do not 'cut our luck'.

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I am not superstitious, touch wood.

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I like that Michael :)

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my close dosnt have a number 13


13,13,13

sory about that but i have to say it 3 times after using it or teh world will end.

i just save a lot of lives right there :)

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In Italy it's the number 17 that is bad luck, especially Friday the 17th

Comes from the roman numeral XVII which is an anagram of VIXI which means "I have lived" -a perfect tense in Latin which implies "I am dead..." , at least that's what I've been told. Hence the superstition.

In the DaVinci Code I seem to remember them explaining the 13 thing being linked to a massacre of innocents in France...

A lot of superstitions are linked to nature and death -owls are bad luck, crows, a single magpie etc...
New shoes on the table I would avoid, like Margaret. Not walking under ladders makes sense especially if they are painting up there...:D

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Oh, I had forgotten the magpie one........I always salute a single magpie and ask if his wife and children are well....that is if I am on my own....if I am with someone I get them to look at the single magpie, because it defuses the bad omen......well, according to the rhyme:- This unlucky bird, when seen by two, will bring good luck to both of you.

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That may well make more sense than you think.

Magpies are credited with intelligence, and if this includes telepathy, which some animals use, then the magpie will get your message.


Bird Intelligence: The European Magpie

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Margaret, I am not the only one who salutes the single magpie.......I was walking back from school one morning and I met a lady coming along the path in the opposite direction....and she did it too.
When we drew level she said to me 'I bet you think I'm daft......talking to the magpie'
so I told her I do exactly the same and have done for as long as I can remember.

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A bit superstitious? What's your definition of very superstitious?
You haven't even started on black cats, Friday 13th, spilling salt,breaking a mirror,knocking on wood etc.,!

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Gordon, that is only a bit superstitious.
Why don't you look at what some footballers do before a match to see real superstition.

Many of the current superstitions go way back to the mists of time...so that they have become incorporated into every day life......the knocking on wood, the spilling of salt, the breaking of a mirror.......some of these things are done without thinking of what they meant back in those olden days...we do them because we saw our grans do them....but often we don't know why.
I take it, that you aren't at all superstitious then Gordon....you don't have any lucky underpants.......or a lucky jingling coin, a rabbits foot.

All harmless stuff when you look at what is going on in the big bad world out there.

So, it makes me a B.O.B.......I know that I am a B.O.B. I quite like being a B.O.B.

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Lucky underpants? Do they cost extra? And what happens to me if I have unlucky underpants?
As for a rabbits foot, not very lucky for the three legged rabbit!
I wouldn't think you can have one jingling coin- wouldn't you need two? Can't afford that.

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You really don't want to know what happens if you have your unlucky underpants on....but it involves a lot of pain and suffering.

Men never have only one coin in their pockets....and one of them is always a lucky coin.('have you got any change dear?' - 'Yes, but you can't have it, it is my lucky pound'.......it is only lucky because he hasn't spent it).

As for the rabbits foot...it wasn't meant to be lucky for the rabbit......anyway...they hop don't they?
So No.......you aren't supserstitious!

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Thinking about it the only bit of superstition I ever had was wearing black when playing golf, black shoes, black slacks, black jumper and shirt black hat, wouldn't wear anything else

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Did you carry a violin case as well, just to be sure everyone knew they had to let you win?

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Used to make um an offer they couldn't refuse:D

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If they're lying on the floor, I'd say they're pretty lucky. :D ;)

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Just depends what you class as luck Dave:D

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I do know! I once wore an unlucky pair to play cricket!

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Breaking a mirror or spilling salt were very costly things to do once over, they were luxuries -for this reason they were considered unlucky.
Don't know about rabbit's feet -my gran had a brooch made out of one -I found it a bit gruesome...

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No, I'm not superstitious.

It seems to me like the beginings of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Or religion.

Neither of which I've got.

Praise the Lord!

Whoops.

Praise be.

:D

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Oh, I forgot.

I do have one superstition.

Never walk down the middle of the road at night.

Or if you do, have a big, dazzling smile on your face.

It could be lucky.

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:rolleyes:

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See what I mean....now if you had had your Lucky underpants on, they would have deflected the cricket ball(don't ask me how - that is the part of the magic you do not question):D

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Cricket ball?
The umpire said it was a 'no ball'.
It didn't feel like it-I thought it was a cannon ball!

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In the absence of Cat's eyes!:rolleyes::D

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Di are you sure it was a rabbit's foot? Most of them are actually grouse or ptarmigan claws especially if they come from Scotland.

There are two on ebay at the moment

rabbit foot brooch | eBay

The lower one I grant you is probably a rabbit's foot but the top one is I think a bird - or the only rabbit I know with feathers!

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My grandad's generation in my father's family were incredibly superstitious ad I grew up with these three and still abide by them. And it's not just new shoes but any...

Funnily enough they lived in a house numered 13! I always thought that superstition came from the number of people at the last supper - Jesus and the 12 disciples. Been to hospital today and noticed that one of the beds was numbered 12a rather than 13 - but today was my 13th session of radiotherapy!

Another superstition in our family was that if you come in by the front door you go out the same way and not the back door, and vice versa.

Don't look at the new moon through glass - bit of a bummer if you wear glasses!

Never heard of the magpie one - only the one for sorrow two for joy rhyme.

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Seeing as you mentioned cricket...I assumed it was a cricket ball.......though why they have to wrap a half brick in red leather, and then call it a ball, beats me...what is that all about?

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My Gran's was definitely a Rabbit's foot -it was white, with a semi-precious stone set in it and kept in a pink musical jewellery box with a little ballerina which came out when you opened it . Got thrown out when she died -much to my displeasure. It was something I remember loving as a little girl -not for the jewels, as the most expensive things were her crystal beads but it was something very particular that got lost in one of my mum's clear outs.

Another of my Gran's superstitions was that if you gave a new purse or wallet it had to contain silver - a sixpence in old money. I carried the sixpence she gave me for well over twenty years till it got lost -supposed to bring wealth... could do to find it:D

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Most aircraft don't have a row 13. I try not to worry about it:D

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The front door thing...was one my gran abided by.......the new moon through glass...well, I wear glasses so if I hadn't got them on, I wouldn't know there was a moon.....and it would probably be unlucky for me not to be wearing my specs(I'd fall over something)
Another new moon one.....when you saw the new moon for the first time(each month) you had to turn over the money in your pocket.....this would (supposedly) mean more money would come into your pocket.

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my mother used to say 13 lucky for some,but thought green was bad luck,pity because it was one of my favorite colours:D

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Yer mam may well have had a few at the bingo? The callers always said "Unlucky for some 13":D

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Yep none of my dad's family ever wore green. I love it.

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yep,she was bingo mad:)

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Used to know market trader who could not sell green slippers in Scotland:confused:

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I remember playing Bingo once, when the conversation between the caller and a player went something like:-

Caller: Clickety click, 66. On its own, number 5. Legs 11, Unlucky for some,,,,
Player: HOUSE!
Caller:....23
Player: 23? That's not unlucky for some!
Caller: It's unlucky for you, love!

I always try and utter the words WHITE RABBITS as the first words on the first day of every month.

Goodness knows why!

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It was probably started by the Victorian equivalent of the nutter, who today sends out texts/emails.

The ones which say that the message was started by a sick child in South America five years ago, and if you don't pass it on, to at leat ten other people, there'll be grave misfortune, or even a death.

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Besides the few superstitions which are based on common sense, most seem to pray on human frailty, or fear.

Not being rude, just curious, are superstitions most common amongst catholics?

Both sides of my family weren't superstitious, and as far as I know, most Methodists still aren't.

Again I don't know, but in the catholic religion can't bad things be rectified, by repeating certain prayers/catchisms?

Superstitions seem to follow the same principles.

The course of the future can be altered, if you do certain things, by (religiously) following a prescribed set of rules.

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Where did you get that picture of Retlaw:D:D:D:p

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Margaret, how dare you, its not a brick at all, its loads and loads of twine rapped tightly then covered with the finest leather then stained either Red white or now even pink.:D:D

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Grannie Claret used to open a white rabbits thread on here at the start of every month gynn

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Superstitions, Amulets, Talismans, Charms, etc. were all considered by the Catholic Church, according to the General Catechism, to be elements of witchcraft and thus tools of the devil. Well, at least up until 1968. After that date it is anyones guess as to what is or is not permitted.

Though the superstition surrounding relics of the saints still seems as bizarre and as popular as it ever was. In Naples, the blood of Saint Januarius still liquifies on his feast day. If you have a relative who is ill you may borrow a mitten once worn by Padre Pio to place beneath their pillow. And so it goes on.

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Despite all the misery that's supposed to befall you by not following certain superstitions, up to this point I've been rather lucky, touch wood & fingers crossed. :s_aim1: ;)

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Yes, that might be the case, but it feels like half a house brick.

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I'd never heard the white rabbits one, until I joined here, and dear Granny C used to do her monthly thread, seconds after midnight.

She still does it now.

On Facebook.

:D

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The 13 in the block where I live is numbered 12a! :dflam:

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Well ya I can agree to a point, especially when it hits you fore square between the eyes:eek::D

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Or in the unlucky underpants!

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I would say that where ever a cricket ball hit, it would be an unforgettable experience.

Rounders balls were pretty similar...maybe they were fashioned on a cricket ball.

I used to put my hands out to catch the blooming things and then imagine the pain I was going to get if I did by some miracle catch the ball....and put my hands down...letting the ball hit the ground first......no wonder I was alst to be picked for a team.....useless was a kind term.

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Na I always wore a Box Margaret :D

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A bit too much information I think Jay!! ;)

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Why:confused:

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Think I'd rather imagine what's under your cricket whites!! :o;)

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You tell me now!

I'm not superstitious but someone has to tell me how to sort unlucky underpants from the lucky ones- and don't say 'The unlucky ones are the ones you put on'.

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Gordon...got it in one!

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Margaret, I can only see one way out of this problem.

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Oh NO :eek: You don't mean........Go commando!:rolleyes::rolleyes::o:o

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Well, at least commandos don't wear kilts, do they?

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Aaaarrrggh....(runs off before catching a view of something she shouldn't).

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He said touching his forehead! :D

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If owls are bad luck then birdwatchers must be always having a lot of it and the RSPB! So that ones rubbish, a creation of primitive minds! :do-one:

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To be honest I've never heard of owls being bad luck, single Maggies ya but owls:confused:

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Does Groove have a brother:rolleyes:

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Talking of owls, have you seen this Kestrel ? Know you are interested.

Sorry for the thread wander, they are so cute, how can anyone say they are bad luck :

owlceanside on USTREAM: Mel & Sydney Inside Cam #2/4 . CLUTCH #2 - 2012 MAGGIE - Hatched 3/7 at 11:31am .

I am not superstitious at all, by the way, all a load of bologna. ;)

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It wouldn't do for us all to have these mad rituals, that we feel we have to perform to save us from the evil eye...and my logical side tells me that this is just what they are....but my other side...the illogical one always wins.

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Is the capital letter of Owl, because you need to know the bird personally, otherwise it's hooting doesn't foretell of doom?

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 977106) To be honest I've never heard of owls being bad luck, single Maggies ya but owls:confused:

Owls have carried a mixed bag of superstitions since time immemorial. The ancient Greeks revered owls and believed them sacred to Athena. Affiliated with the goddess of wisdom and learning, the owl was considered wise and kind.

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Gawd, wished I had known that before I'd fed my ex. with all those fillet steaks.

Must contact Jamie Oliver for cooking instructions though... :rofl38:

No ... I just couldn't :

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We quite often see barn owls when we are on the way to work in the very early mornings. Eerie birds, but very beautiful. I dimly recall a group of people standing outside the Market Hall with real owls and for a few quid you could have your photo taken with an owl perched on your arm. Do they still do that?

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Can't say about Accy but if you wander round Southport just off Lord street & into the Wayfarers arcade, the animal rescue people are usually there collecting for all things, large, small, furry, feathered & scaly. While we were visiting in Feb, they had several types of Owls & a couple of birds of prey on display, along with your more everyday Rabbits, Guineas, a couple of Frets, Hounds, Cats & Snakes.

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Frets... are they er-less ferrets Dave?? Do they spend all day worrying?

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They(the owl people) were onBury Market last Saturday.

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Aye Sue, the frets is Ferrets. In a word, yes, but they're not worried it's everyone in the house whose worried. As when the little boogers is out & about they're into everything, seeing your drawers being dragged across the living room floor by the little furry ratbags when the neighbours are round ...... well ! :o

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As opposed to being stuck to the wall:confused:

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Just thought of another one from my childhood - don't cross on the stairs. I was going downstairs earlier today when Richard started to come up - I had to make him go back down before I could continue. Silly, but it made me feel quite twitchy seeing him coming up.

Fortunately I'd just seen two magpies out of the bedroom window - so that was OK!

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Thats not really superstition susie, more self preservation, its dangerous?;)