Are you superstitious

[jaysay]

Unlucky for some... Council to renumber new builds 12A because no one wants to live at number 13 | Mail Online

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

[gilbert]

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.

[cashman]

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

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by gilbert

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.

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

[Margaret Pilkington]

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'.

[Michael1954]

I am not superstitious, touch wood.

[Margaret Pilkington]

I like that Michael

[accyman]

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

[mobertol]

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...

[Margaret Pilkington]

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.

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

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.

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

[Margaret Pilkington]

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.

[Gordon Booth]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

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'.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

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.

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.,!

[Margaret Pilkington]

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.

[Gordon Booth]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

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.

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.