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I was just wondering whether anyone else has experienced or noticed superstitions that have evolved from completely logical and rational actions because the original reasoning has been lost?
I noticed the other day that I will only use the left hand toilet cubicle at work, having a strong feeling that it would be unlucky to use the right hand one. It was the first time I noticed this although I think I've always used the left hand cubicle and I couldn't work out why on earth I would think that. Looking in both of them I noticed that in the right hand one the coat hook is above the toilet roll dispenser so that a coat like the long one I was wearing the winter before last would cover it. The other left hand one had the peg on the other side. I'm guessing that I started making that choice when I was wearing the coat and then it became a habit and I forgot why and so it became a superstition.
Anyway, long and dull examples aside, has anyone else found examples of this type of thing?
I noticed the other day that I will only use the left hand toilet cubicle at work, having a strong feeling that it would be unlucky to use the right hand one. It was the first time I noticed this although I think I've always used the left hand cubicle and I couldn't work out why on earth I would think that. Looking in both of them I noticed that in the right hand one the coat hook is above the toilet roll dispenser so that a coat like the long one I was wearing the winter before last would cover it. The other left hand one had the peg on the other side. I'm guessing that I started making that choice when I was wearing the coat and then it became a habit and I forgot why and so it became a superstition.
Anyway, long and dull examples aside, has anyone else found examples of this type of thing?