SUPERSTITIONS ANYONE?

DAMNCHARLIE

Hey everyone I live in Georgia now (from NYC). Since I have been here (4yrs) I have picked up so many superstitions.
In NYC if you opened an umbrella up in doors or the black cat crossing your path bad luck, or broken mirror.

Sweep your feet, spit on the broom or your going jail.
Cook black eyed peas and greens on New Years Eve (Good luck and Money)
If your ear is ringing some one is gossiping about you.
You get a cup of first April's rain it cures ailing.:noway:


Whats your Superstitions?

Keeshaja

lol I have heard all that stuff before I think its a south thing ..but is I have to KNOCK ON WOOD if I say something that I dont want to happen shame I know but I always do it ...:indifferent:

nray3119

I knock on wood.

MsBaby117

I was always told that if you sit your purse on the floor you would always be broke (What one has to do with the other I've never quite figured out)...This was drilled into me when I was growing up...

To this day I will do a power dive across the room to catch my purse if someone tries to sit it on the floor!!! LOL :drinker:

jules0516

Those are def. southern things...I also throw salt over my shoulder if it spills or if I put too much in my hand while cooking..and you NEVER,EVER step across someone who is laying in the floor (I'm in GA and my family is southern).

Oh, and never count the cars in a funeral procession-but you must always pull over and stop for them (so many people do not do this anymore)

SageGoddess320

Sounds silly...but I believe that if I don't get all the money into the till BEFORE the tape stops totalling, something bad will happen that day. I'm a freak.

TexanThom

If your nose is itching, someones coming over.

Never turn the channel when the Rangers are playing...And sit in the same spot.

AZnewme

I keep a piece of wood in my car so "I can Knock on wood" Can't have bad luck when i'm driving!

PittShkr

When i watch hockey i have to sit in the same exact spot on the couch, the same way, with the same jersey on until the other team scores then shift to a different spot!

GasMasterFlash

When running onto and off of the baseball field, never step on the lines. It's not about keeping them nice -- it's about summoning the wrath of the baseball gods. This applies to softball too.

PrncessBre

I was always told that if you sit your purse on the floor you would always be broke (What one has to do with the other I've never quite figured out)...This was drilled into me when I was growing up...

To this day I will do a power dive across the room to catch my purse if someone tries to sit it on the floor!!! LOL :drinker:

^^^ This lol. Just can't get over it!

MrsWilsoncroft

Ones I know are...

Never put shoes on the table.
Never walk under a ladder.
Never open umbrella indoors.

x

the_journeyman

Nose itching = someone is coming for a visit
Thunder when snow is on the ground = More snow

If the black cat one is true I'm screwed, three live under my roof!

JM

LuckyLeprechaun

I was always told that if you sit your purse on the floor you would always be broke (What one has to do with the other I've never quite figured out)...This was drilled into me when I was growing up...

To this day I will do a power dive across the room to catch my purse if someone tries to sit it on the floor!!! LOL :drinker:

my Grandma and my Dad both said if you treat your money (bills) nicely, you'll always have it. This means you face all the faces the same way and unfold any creases/corners.

Silly.

Garys46

The reason you will go broke is because someone will see a purse on the floor and steal it... you should always keep your purse where you can watch it and within reach... never abandon it.

UponThisRock

no carbs after 6

LauraMacNCheese

Nose itching = someone is coming for a visit
Thunder when snow is on the ground = More snow

If the black cat one is true I'm screwed, three live under my roof!

JM

I was always told that nose itching = you're going to get into a fight

PrncessBre

Oh and if your right palm is itching and you scratch it then you will run into someone you really don't want to see and if the left one is you have money coming your way. Funny thing is my left palm ALWAYS itches before payday as far as the right hand I have never scratched it to find out. Running into someone I don't like could end in jail time and Im all out of sick days for that :bigsmile:

shedoos

Hat on the bad = bad luck

yoovie

butterflies bring me money
squirrels bring me dates
feral cats getting into my building means Im gonna get laid

iroze

Never walk forward if a black cat has crossed your path.
If your left palm is itching, you're going to come into some money, if your right - you'll lose money.
If you swing a hat around your fist / finger, you're going to get a headache - that is, your head will hurt because the hat is misapplied. (crazy I know)
If you spot a spider in your home, you'll get a letter.
Before going somewhere for a lengthy period of time, one must sit down at home - just literally seconds before taking off, so as to leave an imprint of yourself in the house.
If you are sewing a hole in something you are wearing at the moment, always keep a thread between your teeth.
If you drop a spoon a woman will come to visit.

Shannon023

Not a superstition per se, but I'm pretty sure something terrible would happen to me if I wore white sandals after Labor Day. :embarassed:

taso42

"If i eat more than 1200 I gain"

Evarell

Hat on the bad = bad luck

. . . bed?

juliecat1

I don't really believe them but I have to throw salt over my shoulder when it spills. And I do try and avoid black cat crossings

rachleb

Ones I know are...

Never put shoes on the table.
Never walk under a ladder.
Never open umbrella indoors.

x

I always put my shoes on my coffee table when I get home! I don't feel like taking them to the closet yet, and if I put them on the floor, my dog will chew them!

Donnacoach

As a coach, I make sure and wear the same game gear all the time if we win. I even try to eat the same foods, and fill out my book and stuff the same way. Maybe that's anal and not superstitious? LOL

magichatter06

My mom always said

Don't put new shoes on the bed (or any other place besides the floor)
If a broom falls it means someone is coming for a visit. I believe, depending on which way it faces means male or female.

hellraisedfire

I gave up on the black cat crossing when I adopted two black cats... :grumble:

Annette_rose

I was always told that if you sit your purse on the floor you would always be broke (What one has to do with the other I've never quite figured out)...This was drilled into me when I was growing up...

To this day I will do a power dive across the room to catch my purse if someone tries to sit it on the floor!!! LOL :drinker:

I have not heard this one but now know why I am so broke all the time and need to find a better place for my purse here at work, lol.

rainunrefined

knock on wood = if you say something that hasn't came true and you don't want it to
black cat crossing in front of you = bad luck
shoes on a table = bad luck
full moon = weird things happen
heads up penny = good luck
if you leave the house and have to go back because you forgot something = bad luck
opening an umbrella indoors = bad luck
killing a spider = will make it rain
killing a black cricket = bad luck
empty fortune cookie = bad luck
walking under a ladder = bad luck
spill salt = bad luck if you don't throw some over your shoulder

Other weird things:
if your left hand itches = you're going to recieve money
if your right hand itches = you're going to have to pay a large sum of money
if your nose itches some is thinking about you
if your ears ring someone is talking about you

I'm sure I have more.. and yes part of me believes these. But then when I write them down they sound like hocus pocus. Either way, I'm still not setting my shoes on the table or going back to the house if I forgot something.