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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/
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/