Superstitions

[chinakay]

I have to tell you this one:

I participated in a wedding many moons ago...I was just a guest but was ferrying lots of people in my car, in my floor-length formal gown

As we all drove out in convoy from the bride's place, the bride noticed they had forgotten the ribbons for the car antennas. But her mother said it was bad luck to return to the house for them.

So we left them. Nobody wanted bad luck!

Well..........

The garage door came down on the groom's car as he left his own garage, damaging it.
The church got the decorations all wrong.
The hotel where the reception was held gave their room to somebody else.
Someone misplaced the keys to the car that had the bride's luggage locked in it.
The airline gave them seats five rows apart on their honeymoon flight.
The honeymoon hotel lost their reservation.
The bride lost her wedding ring in the surf.
Three months later...the bride was living in a bedsit as a divorce proceeded. She showed me bedbug bites on her hips.

From that time on, if I forget something at the house....I go back for it.

Cheers,
China

[legs11]

hi there,

just a couple I have heard

never throw the crust of the bread out, as you are throwing money away. (crust - earning a crust, therefore throwing money away.

never sweep dirt out the door from inside, sweeping away your good luck.

legs

[Trees]

There are many superstitions connected with mining some similar to those already mentioned on ships for example As a young NCB Scientific technician we wanted to go underground to see the areas we were working with and to understand the meaning of the wording on the forms so it was arranged for three of us girls to visit a mine one Saturday morning  well it nearly caused a riot if not a strike NO WOMAN was to descend that mine EVER     just look back at history all those women and children dragging drams!! any way our visit was rearranged and we went safely down a mine in the next valley instead no incidents at all BUT there was a roof fall a few days later in the original destination the face had to be sealed for months spooky that
Trees

[cheshiremog]

Trees
Very spooky
Was the mine in Wales ?
I know it is a strong tradition there about women - but not so sure if it goes into England ?

[Trees]

Yes good old No 2 area
Trees

[mare]

.... just reading through this thread as we were discussing superstition this morning ...

Husband mentioned he'd done his nails and of course  I said 'Oh no! it's Sunday' and he reckoned he'd never heard anyone else but me ever mention it ( quite a lot over the years ) and wondered where I'd got it from ... so thanks to google ...

Cut them on Monday, you cut them for health;
Cut them on Tuesday, you cut them for wealth;
Cut them on Wednesday, you cut them for news;
Cut them on Thursday, a new pair of shoes;
Cut them on Friday, you cut them for woe;
Cut them on Saturday, a journey to go;
Cut them on Sunday, you cut them for evil,
For all the next week you'll be ruled by the devil..

  so now I'll be wondering about Friday ... 

... but it was quite interesting reading some of the beliefs of the past ... one snippet ... Like many superstitious people, Picasso kept all hair and nail clippings dated and in a safe place for fear they should fall into the hands of a witch or warlock!

I'm not really superstitious at all, just thinking of how these things are passed down through families ... Friday 13 came and went last week as usual with me being aware of the date but that is all ...

[leanora]

My sister was born with a caul and a sailor offered Mum 5 Pounds for it.
Mum wouldn't part with though 

yes my late mother in law had one from one of her 4 boys births.  can't remember which one  now but my husband was the only one who went fishing and became a skipper later a Master with merchant navy as well.

 But I know fishermen though there were  very luck and help get them a good catch and they would pay a lot of money for one

i may self won't pick up a glove if I drop it as it believed to me unlucky . but the person who picks it up is said to get a nice suprise.

 there also  the saying find a pin and pick it up and then all day you will have good luck

[Trees]

Never accept a gift that cuts so if given a sewing kit or manicure set you must pay the Donner a penny or the chord of friendship will be cut.
Similarly never give a wallet or purse with out a coin inside or it will always remain a poverty purse
Mum said you should never greet a new born while wearing green why but she kept the pram hood up in the street in case a green clad person made eye contact with the wee one
She would never put new shoes (even in the box) on a table as that was also very bad    Does anyone know  why? most of these has a base somewhere but these just seem random
Trees

[Jean McGurn]

Whistling backstage is taboo.

I heard on tv the other day that this goes back to the early days when scenery especially those that were lowered signals that it was time to move them was given by a whistle  - Hence if you whisled backstage then something may drop onto you from above. 

Jean