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The difficulty lies in sorting out 'superstition' related items from items better characterized as addressing (e.g.) ghosts / hauntings, divination, IHTM, etc.

Having said that ... Here's an additional list of 30 threads which address superstition(s) directly enough to suggest they might well be located (and locatable ...) in a Superstitions (sub-)section:


Money Spiders
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/money-spiders.8525/
NOTE: This should probably be renamed something like 'Money Spiders and Other Spider Superstitions'.

See A Penny, Pick It Up...
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/see-a-penny-pick-it-up.60360/

Are Robins Symbols of Dead Loved Ones?
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/are-robins-symbols-of-dead-loved-ones.13202/

Crossroads
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/crossroads.331/

Crossroads, Selling Your Soul, Voodoo & the Blues
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/crossroads-selling-your-soul-voodoo-the-blues.14010/

Cursed money?
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/cursed-money.53266/

Childhood fortune telling
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/childhood-fortune-telling.39739/

The Sweater Curse
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/the-sweater-curse.46198/

Evil eye beliefs in Saudi Arabia
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/evil-eye-beliefs-in-saudi-arabia.60923/

Green & blue
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/green-blue.49882/

Crossing fingers when an ambulance passes
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/crossing-fingers-when-an-ambulance-passes.48385/

Witch bottles and other artefacts
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/witch-bottles-and-other-artefacts.13077/

Wallace & Grommit: Curse of the Were-rabbit
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/wallace-grommit-curse-of-the-were-rabbit.22069/

Threads Thread: 'Clothes Maketh The Man'
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/threads-thread-clothes-maketh-the-man.63670/

Conservatory Devil
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/conservatory-devil.61296/

Fertility chairs ...
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/fertility-chairs.58735/

Amulets
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/amulets.12666/

Luck & Serendipity
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/luck-serendipity.1489/

Cursed Songs?
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/cursed-songs.37037/

Tapping the can and ULs you thought were completely true
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index...d-uls-you-thought-were-completely-true.20650/

13th Floor missing?
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/13th-floor-missing.21457/

Forerunners Predicting Death
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/forerunners-predicting-death.21695/

Double and triple 'yolkers'
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/double-and-triple-yolkers.62047/

Things coming in threes...
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/things-coming-in-threes.59156/

Don't Mess With The Fairies
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/dont-mess-with-the-fairies.62859/

St Swithin's Day
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/st-swithins-day.45742/

Speedway cursed?
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/speedway-cursed.18012/

rocks that bring bad luck to tourists
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/rocks-that-bring-bad-luck-to-tourists.4873/

Building Sacrifices (Mummified Cats, Immurement & So On)
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index...ifices-mummified-cats-immurement-so-on.14110/

The Rosary, the Romany and the DIY.
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/the-rosary-the-romany-and-the-diy.22894/
 
Fair enough ... Here's my summary list of threads dedicated to superstition(s), including one additional thread that doesn't label itself as such ...

Bulls, Bears & Black Cats: Trading on Superstition

http://forum.forteantimes.com/index...ars-black-cats-trading-on-superstition.49717/


The evolution of superstitious and superstition-like behavio

http://forum.forteantimes.com/index...stitious-and-superstition-like-behavio.34778/


Origin of beliefs and superstition

http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/origin-of-beliefs-and-superstition.18107/


Superstition

http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/superstition.16584/


Superstition From Logic

http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/superstition-from-logic.5817/


Magpies: do competing superstitions cancel each other out?

http://forum.forteantimes.com/index...ng-superstitions-cancel-each-other-out.36608/


Rational vs. Irrational Superstitions

http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/rational-vs-irrational-superstitions.11014/


Superstitions on the rise

http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/superstitions-on-the-rise.8414/


Finns & Witchcraft: Sailors' Superstitions

http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/finns-witchcraft-sailors-superstitions.3234/


Personal Superstitions

http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/personal-superstitions.3206/#post-54127


Gamblers are a superstitious bunch

http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/gamblers-are-a-superstitious-bunch.23392/


ADDITIONAL THREAD RELATING TO SUPERSTITION:

Touching Bronze Statues for Luck


http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/touching-bronze-statues-for-luck.19640/

Done.
 
The difficulty lies in sorting out 'superstition' related items from items better characterized as addressing (e.g.) ghosts / hauntings, divination, IHTM, etc.

Having said that ... Here's an additional list of 30 threads which address superstition(s) directly enough to suggest they might well be located (and locatable ...) in a Superstitions (sub-)section:


Money Spiders
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/money-spiders.8525/
NOTE: This should probably be renamed something like 'Money Spiders and Other Spider Superstitions'.

See A Penny, Pick It Up...
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/see-a-penny-pick-it-up.60360/

Are Robins Symbols of Dead Loved Ones?
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/are-robins-symbols-of-dead-loved-ones.13202/

Crossroads
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/crossroads.331/

Crossroads, Selling Your Soul, Voodoo & the Blues
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/crossroads-selling-your-soul-voodoo-the-blues.14010/

Cursed money?
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/cursed-money.53266/

Childhood fortune telling
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/childhood-fortune-telling.39739/

The Sweater Curse
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/the-sweater-curse.46198/

Evil eye beliefs in Saudi Arabia
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/evil-eye-beliefs-in-saudi-arabia.60923/

Green & blue
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/green-blue.49882/

Crossing fingers when an ambulance passes
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/crossing-fingers-when-an-ambulance-passes.48385/

Witch bottles and other artefacts
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/witch-bottles-and-other-artefacts.13077/

Wallace & Grommit: Curse of the Were-rabbit
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/wallace-grommit-curse-of-the-were-rabbit.22069/

Threads Thread: 'Clothes Maketh The Man'
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/threads-thread-clothes-maketh-the-man.63670/

Conservatory Devil
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/conservatory-devil.61296/

Fertility chairs ...
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/fertility-chairs.58735/

Amulets
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/amulets.12666/

Luck & Serendipity
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/luck-serendipity.1489/

Cursed Songs?
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/cursed-songs.37037/

Tapping the can and ULs you thought were completely true
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index...d-uls-you-thought-were-completely-true.20650/

13th Floor missing?
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/13th-floor-missing.21457/

Forerunners Predicting Death
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/forerunners-predicting-death.21695/

Double and triple 'yolkers'
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/double-and-triple-yolkers.62047/

Things coming in threes...
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/things-coming-in-threes.59156/

Don't Mess With The Fairies
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/dont-mess-with-the-fairies.62859/

St Swithin's Day
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/st-swithins-day.45742/

Speedway cursed?
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/speedway-cursed.18012/

rocks that bring bad luck to tourists
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/rocks-that-bring-bad-luck-to-tourists.4873/

Building Sacrifices (Mummified Cats, Immurement & So On)
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index...ifices-mummified-cats-immurement-so-on.14110/

The Rosary, the Romany and the DIY.
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/the-rosary-the-romany-and-the-diy.22894/

Done--just reorganising behind the curtain.
 
Done.

Thank you. One tiny thing: if links for merging can be to the initial page (not to a subsequent page or a specific post), it makes editing much faster.
Ah, I didn't notice they were to specific posts. I'll bear it in mind in future.
 
These 2 threads in Religions & Cults:

Turin Shroud may date from time of Jesus
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/turin-shroud-may-date-from-time-of-jesus.55597/

Easter Essay on the Turin Shroud
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/easter-essay-on-the-turin-shroud.45064/

... concern the Shroud of Turin, and neither received any replies.

I recommend they be merged into the main Shroud of Turin thread:

The Shroud Of Turin
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/the-shroud-of-turin.756/
 
These 2 threads in Religions & Cults:

Turin Shroud may date from time of Jesus
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/turin-shroud-may-date-from-time-of-jesus.55597/

Easter Essay on the Turin Shroud
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/easter-essay-on-the-turin-shroud.45064/

... concern the Shroud of Turin, and neither received any replies.

I recommend they be merged into the main Shroud of Turin thread:

The Shroud Of Turin
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/the-shroud-of-turin.756/

Done.
 
Small Humanoid Found(?!)
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/small-humanoid-found.6158/

Sirius: Alien Pixie Autopsy Documentary
http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/sirius-alien-pixie-autopsy-documentary.52420/

Both these threads focus on 'Ata' - the anomalous-looking Chilean hominid discovered in the Atacama Desert.

I recommend they be merged and re-titled to facilitate finding the thread - for example:

'Ata': Chilean Humanoid Figure / Alien Pixie

Tweaked the name, but done--thank you.
 
The first two are very different cases--might round up more imposters later.
'Might round up more imposters lately.' Sounds like you got a posse of imposter-chasing vigilantes on the go there, Yith. Something we should know?
 
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