Superstitions

[loopyc]

do you have any supersititions? i have to say hello mr magpie hows your wife and your family if i see a lone magpie.

[4getmenot]

No I don�t believe in it. I think I have put this before but when I was walking home one afternoon my mate was walking towards me and there was a ladder over the pavement. I went straight under it but I watched as he waited for all the traffic to pass so he could go round it, he killed himself that night. So no I�ve never really understood it all. I do clap my hands when someone says bless you after I�ve sneezed but that�s just habit. But all this don�t walk over 3 drains its bad luck is silly lifes what you make it. Although I do believe in Karma.

[loopyc]

sorry to hear that 4getmenot and sorry if this q has brought back bad memories. i am a great beliver in karma to. x

[4getmenot]

Oh bless ya don�t be silly loopy. I guess it was his life and he did it for his own reasons. But when I think of him it only brings back good memories so don�t you worry about it :-) I forgot to put I also hate these stupid chain txt msgs and e-mails Like the one saying these are 5 money bees send them onto 10 friends and you�ll have luck with money. Yer right and a blooming big phone bill!! :-)

[Dizzieblonde]

I'm afraid I'm another 'Good Morning Mr. Magpie - How's the Wife and Children?' person *blush* - but only if the magpie is alone.

Apparently they tend to roam in groups, so seeing one alone is a bad sign. Apparently you can also salute them and say something like 'Hello Captain', but I'd just feel silly.

[stylinsam]

im with you on the morning mr magpie thing ! although i feel very superstious ! i dont walk under ladders, and i say white rabbits white rabbits white rabbits at the beginning of evry new month!
i dont beleive in these chain letters, e-mails, txt messages there a load of old b sh/t

[stylinsam]

oh and i wont cross on the stairs cos i did it once and my grandad was rushed to hospital! now i no in my mind that it had nothing to do with me crossing the stairs with someone else but i still dont do it superstitions are weird!

[muppeteer]

some actions like crossing on the stairs & going under a ladder are no so much bad luck as being cautious as you may knock the ladder or bump somone on the stairs & make them fall. also stepping on cracks in pavement- isnt that just so you dont trip on loose pavement?

[andy-hughes]

The 'ladder' superstition, apart from the practical safetly element, comes from the previous centuries when law and order - and punishment - was a lot more instant. A lynch mob could decide to hang some poor indikvidual, and the quickest way to do so would be to bang a ladder against a wall, throw the rope over, and swing the individual. Therefore, anyone walking under the ladder could be seen as trying to save the poor wretch, and may suffer the same fate - thus, walking under ladders is seen as unlucky.

I have no superstitions what so ever - I do walk under ladders if no-one is up them, just because I can.

[loopyc]

andy hughes you are a mine of information!

[andy-hughes]

Worrying isn't it! ;-)