superstitions

For background I have always wanted a garnet ring I found the perfect one in an antique barn so brought it. The next day I was showing it to a colleague at work when from behind us came a sharp intake of breath followed by another colleague running from the room. Five minutes later I'm called...

I was thinking about the phrase "murder will out", which indicates a vague belief that I think many would think true: if you kill somebody, you will eventually be discovered regardless of how clever you are. What are other superstions and legends that exist in regards to murder? I'm sure there...

I recently heard a story from a relative that I hadn't come across before that I recall. It is supposed to be areal story they came across somewhere. Apparently in the past there was a geographic area, presumedly European, where the monarch had a high tower with an open hole toilet. When the...

The lines are often blurred, though it's probably cultural rather than purely about religion. Superstition is present too. For example, on launch days at NASA free doughnuts are served across the site. It's supposed to bring good luck and is somehow connected to the round shape of the wheels...

I’m sure most of you are aware of how this planetary aspect affects communications, computers and is a great opportunity to calculate when things are going to go haywire. Even my savvy computer chums say you should never buy a new bit of computer kit when Mercury is retrograde as it is somehow...

I've heard a few interesting tales and encountered some quite odd beliefs/superstitions built up around various plants and trees. The ones I can remember off the top of my head: Lilac - it's very bad luck to cut the flowers and also to bring lilac blooms inside Ivy - I lived in a ground floor...

Mirrors One of the folk-belief reasons given for covering mirrors with crepe during the days of home funerals was that if a coffin got reflected in a mirror it would get "stuck" there and remain there always and you could never ever get it removed ("And they even tried Bon Ami!"), outing...

I wouldn't say I'm superstitious. Just eccentric;) It's not that I believe certain things cause bad luck; I just have certain things I don't like. I salute magpies. ...

my girlfriend's always complaining about her right ear burning. she gets paranoid that someone's talking about her in spite, left for love, right for spite. Where does this old wives tale come from? is my girlfiend telepathic? Is this indication to a collective consciousness?

I am increasingly aware of what appears to me to be a "new" folklore in the making. A phenomena that is coming into being, but not yet commented on. My own account has been told by me several times and I won't take up space in my first posting by giving the full story. But the bones of it...

Ok. So I was thinking about superstitions (I imagine there's half a dozen threads on them already and someone will bump this on later...). I came up with the following thought: Superstitions can be divided into two types - 1) Rational Superstitions. Things which seem dumb, but have a...

HELLO! I thought of this when I was dozing off to sleep last night. You know when (for example) your ears burn, and someone says that means someone's talking about you? Like there is a way for your body to divine things that you wouldn't be conciously aware of... I can never remember...

Today on the BBC Radio London Breakfast Show, Danny Baker polled callers for their personal superstitions, and I was wondering if anyone here had any interesting ones. For example, one man had to reach the bottom of the stairs before the upstairs toilet finished flushing; Danny Baker himself...

Before my connection dies completely I was reminded of something that happened a good few years ago, and is still happening. I am still close to my ex and, although she now lives in Nottingham, I still visit her parents (an odd setup I know but what the hell). While I was having a coffee...

Is 666 the devils number? Personally I don't think it is. I have never had a bad experience with it as a number. As I said in a different thread I have rang it up on my mobile and nothing strange has happened. lucydru