compulsions might be a better word.
wow i never knew about those superstitions of yours freya, next time i see you i'm going to pester you and my brother about them!
ok my 'compulsions' and superstitions.
Magpies, and the rhyme, generally feel like i have to say the bit of the rhyme that goes with it.
one for sorrow
two for joy
three for a girl
four for a boy
five for silver
six for gold
seven for a secret never to be told.
pages!! like others i have problems with thirteen and books! won't stop reading at the end of chapter 12 cos thirteen is about to start, of course won't stop at end of thirteenth or fourteenth because if i missed any of the fourteenth chapter then i've only read 13 and a bit chapters haven't I? and same idea with chapters that add up to thirteen, or four, or multiples of either as well as the chapters before and after. not many chapters i can stop after is the result.
Will never say that Freya and my brother (Laton) will have anything other than twins as their first child/ren, but thats more me trying to make it happen with force of will!
if i start something (like counting Freya's dice) i have to finish it, no matter how many people laugh at me doing it.
when i sleep i must have my wrists, fold of my elbows and legs completely under the cover when i fall asleep, incase somebody tries to slit them.
i stick with the theatre thing of not saying good luck and saying break a leg instead before a performance, because in one of our dance shows somebody important said good luck to a dancer and one of the lights set the safety curtain on fire.
i don't follow the not passing on the stairs one because its hard not to do when you're trying to get on for a dance number. my dad and i figure that comes from olden times when stairs at the front of the stage were the only ways to get on stage and it would be dangerous to pass on those stairs.
i have to say 'see you tomorrow' to my parents and them say it back cos otherwise i fear that they might die during the night. sometimes same with my brothers.
thats all i can remember right now and i've rambled on for long enough, sorry!