According to the dictionary, Superstition is an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear. There are superstitions for almost all aspects of our daily lives and most have unknown origins. Sometimes they are logical (for example, don’t walk under a ladder) but most of the time they are ridiculous. Some people can become controlled by their superstitions (such as the fear of walking on cracks) which is very unhealthy. Here is a list of 20 weird superstitions.
1. A bird in the house is a sign of a death
2. A loaf of bread should never be turned upside down after a slice has been cut from it.
3. Never take a broom along when you move. Throw it out and buy a new one.
4. If the first butterfly you see in the year is white, you will have good luck all year.
5. If a black cat walks towards you, it brings good fortune, but if it walks away, it takes the good luck with it.
6. An acorn at the window will keep lightning out
7. A dog howling at night when someone in the house is sick is a bad omen.
8. It’s bad luck to leave a house through a different door than the one used to come into it.
9. A horseshoe hung in the bedroom will keep nightmares away.
10. If you catch a falling leaf on the first day of autumn you will not catch a cold all winter.
11. If a mirror in the house falls and breaks by itself, someone in the house will die soon.
12. Dropping an umbrella on the floor means that there will be a murder in the house.
13. All windows should be opened at the moment of death so that the soul can leave.
14. If the groom drops the wedding band during the ceremony, the marriage is doomed.
15. To dream of a lizard is a sign that you have a secret enemy.
16. If a friend gives you a knife, you should give him a coin, or your friendship will soon be broken.
17. You should never start a trip on Friday or you will meet misfortune.
18. Dream of running: a sign of a big change in your life.
19. If a clock which has not been working suddenly chimes, there will be a death in the family.
20. It is bad luck to light three cigarettes with the same match.
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how gay i was looking up civil war stuff
here’s mine
1. Place a broom on your door upside down to cast away evil spirit,.
2. Don’t sweep during night time.You’re sweeping away good luck.
3. Don’t cut your nails at tight. someone will die.
4. Don’t comb/cut your hair at night. bad luck.
5. During meal; falling spoon means a female visitor is coming while falling fork is a male visitor.
6. Dreaming of snakes means someone will or is betraying you.
7. Siblings should not marry at the same year unless if it’s a double wedding. it means death.
8. Mirrors at home should be covered if someone dies. mirrors may trap the soul.
9. Do not whistle at night. You’re calling evil spirits.
10. Killing a cat is bad luck.
11. howling dog means seeing evil spirits.
Dreaming of fish is supposed to mean someone you know is pregnant
My mother has this superstition were if a spoon falls and hits the ground, visits will arrive. If you want to avoid this you tap the spoon to the floor 3 times. I suppose this a tradition passed on through generations because I remeber my grandma doing this.
When I’m mad at her I drop the spoon on purpose and crack up watching her hit it at the floor. Silly but sometimes true…
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I know the story behind the last one. In WWI if the enemy saw three lights bein lit he would shoot immediately towards them…or something like that…nvmnd
a few seconds after i read number 19, my grandfather clock chimed… =/
i no this superstiton where if you see a ambulance you must hold your breath or pinch your nose untill you see a black or brown dog!! if yuu eva find 1 lol
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i hv heared if yuu see a albatross its good luck but if yuu shoot it it will give u bad luck as its a good omen!! the rime of the aincent mariner is sad
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I’ve always wondered about 3. If you notice when you move into a house there is always a broom there. I wonder where that one comes from.
My boss’s are from India and if any of them drop a coin on the floor, they pick it up and touch it to their forehead. Apparently you get bad luck if you don’t do it.
Most Koreans believe that if you sleep in a closed room (meaning no door or window open) with a running electric fan, it will (somehow) cause you to suffocate. Most Koreans I know actually believe this as a fact and some even take offense if I suggest that this is a superstition.
PS I’ve slept with a fan on and all doors/windows closed tight virtually my entire life and I’m still kickin. Maybe when I die of old age at 112, my Korean friends will chalk it up to fan death.
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Here’s mines:
- when you see a random mattress while you’re out, pinch air into your shirt. Means a surprise is coming
- right ear burning and itchy means someone is talking bad about you. Left ear means they’re talking good.
- when buttoning up a shirt and accidently missing a few buttons means a surprise is coming
- when putting a shirt on inside out by accident means a surprise
- telling bad dreams will forbid them from coming true
- hat on bed bad luck
- handing a knife to someone means bad terms with the person
- lending clothes means same as above
- left hand itchy money coming. Don’t scratch it just put hand in a fist. If it’s your right hand you will owe someone money
- don’t walk backwards. Attracts bad energy
- doing anything like psychic reading or ouija board or tarots cards palm reading etc messes up your aura and gives you bad energy.
- when having a big idea or big plans for the near future do not tell anyone. People will most likely be jealous which causes bad energy and forbids your ideas/plans froM coming true
- keeping a statue big or small of an elephant with a dollar tied to it’s trunk brings money
Theres more just can’t think of any.
I live by these! My boyfriend sometimes gets annoyed lol
Actually, the superstition of looking into a well and seeing your future husband/wife also exists in Russia and some other European countries, but with more rituals (you have to walk backwards a certain amount of steps, do it at Midsummer night, etc.)
Here are some common superstitions from Russia:
To look into a mirror before leaving a house means that you will return shortly, having forgotten something, for an example.
Before going somewhere far away, there’s the tradition to sit down for about five minutes, “Sitting for the road,” for good luck.
If you say something bad, spit three times over your left shoulder to prevent it from happening.
If a fork falls on the floor, you’ll have a male visitor soon, if a spoon falls — a female one.
If the swallows are flying low, it will rain soon (for all I know, that may be true…)
When a child’s tooth fell out, in old Russia, they’d throw it behind the oven and say, “Little mouse, here’s a milk tooth for you, bring me a root one.”
The more birthmarks you have, the happier you’ll be in life.
If you accidentally poke yourself with the needle while sewing, you’ll be in love soon.
And etc.
Well walking under a ladder is bad luck, when you spill salt you should throw it over your left shoulder, see a crow means death, see one magpie means seath, 2 joy, 3 baby girl, 4 baby boy, 5 silver, 6 gold, 7 is a secret that should never be told, if to knives are crossed over eachother uncross them otherwise it means bad luch, uhm my memory has gone blank now uhm…. Oohh yes thats right if you smash a mirror it is 7 years bad luck and so on and so on , there are so many simple ones that this person hasn’t mentioned like under a ladder ect.
i don’t believe in this stupid.
frankly, i think it’s weird.
but they are funny to read.
in this stuff**
my bad. sorry.
I heard that if a baby see’s its reflection before it’s first b-day it will die, anyone know why?
They didn’t have cigarettes during either the American or British Civil War!
Sure they did, they rolled their own.
heres a nother 1
if u pick up stickis on a sunday the man in the moon will het u
great site! really helped with my project
This is very helpful in DI
And thanks
If u collect sticks on a sunday the man in the moon will get u
This is a good list. and i think Jacob black is hot!
stupid people…..
I think there are ethereal forces at work that no one knows of… whether you believe them to be “superstitions” or if they’re you’re “beliefs” then that’s all up to you, as an individual. If we all tried to follow every one of the things listed, we’d be walking backwards, throwing away perfectly good salt, living lives of fear!
Just be the best U that you can be!
here’s mine lol. the magpie thing if you are alone and see a magpie u r supposed 2 bow and say a rhyme 2) never borrow salt.that was told to me by my mum when i was little she got it from my gran.i don’t know y u cant. 3)ladder, you will come face to face with death. 4)if you walk under a sign being held up by 2 posts u hold your breath or spit. 5)never split a lamppost. 6)if you open an umbrella indoors don’t put it over your head. 7)never put new shoes on a table. 8) dead bird on the doorstep means there will be a death in the house. 9) for a girl to dream of being pregnant means someone will die to dream of someone else being pregnant means someone they know will die. 10) if a bird flies in to a window its a death omen. number 10, once me a friend were watching romeo and Juliet and just as they died a bird flew in to the window. number 9 i have had this dream a lot and soon after someone dies coincidence maybe but i also had a dream that a friend was pregnant 4 months before she did fall pregnant,but any-who 3 days after that dream she called me to tell me that she had just found out that 4 days before this call her ex had died in a crash. I have not had this dream since but every time I did for days I was always thinking about it hoping no one would die but someone always did.
i like dead birds i think we should shoot them all
Wow, cool site! I host a paranormal talk show and I was looking for weird superstitions for my Friday the 13th show. Glad I found you! I will mention this site on the show as well!
Here are some I know of:
An Owl hooting outside a house for 7 days in a row means someone in the house will die soon.
The reason you say God Bless after a sneeze is way back they thought a sneeze was a demon being expelled, so they said Bless You to keep it from getting back in.
When a Hearse passes hold a button.
Never whistle while passing a graveyard.
Knock on wood when you mention any good thing that may happen or mention a bad thing that may not. This goes back to the Pagan believe that spirits lived inside the trees, they would knock on them to get their attention to ask them for favors.
If you cut a branch or limb from a tree you bury a silver coin at the base in payment. Same reason as above.
When someone is dying you cover all mirrors, because it is believed that at death a spirit may see itself in a mirror and become confused or trapped and remain.
I hope the bird into the window thing is wrong, because I have a crazy bird that flies into my sliding glass door over and over every day! LOL. (I finally realized he was using the glass to bash the berries in his beak after I saw the purple juice and seeds on the glass)..
As for black cats I have three, and they have never been bad luck but rather good luck!
Death comes in threes. I have notice this seems to apply to famous people the most. Next time a famous person dies, pay attention, within the week two others will pass.
Thanks for the great read!
Raven
PS: I guess that should have been an owl hooting for 7 NIGHTS in a row… LOL
Or maybe if you see a fossiled cavemen would it give you good luck or bad luck?
I’ve heard the superstition that if you touch water in any way while you’re sleeping you wet the bed haha!
but the only superstition i really adhere to is when you talk about something bad happening theoretically (eg. ‘what if I fell and broke my leg tomorrow?’) i ALWAYS say ‘God forbid – touch wood’ and touch the nearest wooden thing!
magpies is definitley the most common one – when you see them it is supposed to be in accordance with this o$ld traditional nursery rhyme which im sure everyone knows: ‘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, eight for a wish, nine for a kiss, ten for a bird you must not miss’ but there are variations I think.
it is bad luck to open a packet of crisps up side down
it is good luck to say white rabbits three times as your first word of a different month
haha tht funny gracey ….x
This is all interesthing!! =]
My grandma always have told me not to sit a baby or pass a baby to another person above the table.
i kno weird!! i still sit babies on the table though n notin has happened!
Has anyone mentioned the superstition of Organized Religion yet? Mmm, just wondering.
I agree with wombat(post 47) on the three from a match- and believe I’ve seen as much on one of those humerous WW2 era newsreel shorts poking fun at common superstitions. Logically I would agree probably actually from a fear of snipers during a war- but everyone should get a grip and quit fighting about which specific war. Here’s one of my favorites- it is bad luck to give someone a wallet/purse with no money in it. I had also always heard to throw spilled salt over your left shoulder since your left side was considered more ‘sinister’ and thus where the demons/devil would come from.
whoops- not about bones of the upper arm- humorous
lol i thought number 20 was just because you’ll burn your finger!
apparently not
@zdank it wasn`t the civil war it was world war one in the trenches. another weird one bad luck to put new shoes on dining table? or bad luck opening umbrella indoors?
oops sorry its already been commented on ! LOL
I definitely do the knock on wood thing, although for some reason if there’s no wood nearby I was always taught to knock on my head!
A few others my family always do:
If you leave the house, but forget something and have to return to get it, you have to sit down for at least 30 seconds before you leave again, though I don’t know why!
If you enter your house through one door and then exit through another you will have company.
Hey!! Great site… it really helps me get through my boring work routine (don’t tell my boss though).
My grandmother will never pass the salt directly from hand to hand.. she picks it up an leaves it on the table again for the next person to pick it up… she says otherwise the people exchanging the salt will fight.
About the dream related ones.. I wouldn’t consider them superstitions cause there are so many interpretations for what you dream.. The other night I dreamt I had lice and my mom said it meant I would get money… talk about weird.
By the way… I bought 2 lottery tickets that day… =P
I have a few I think are really random:
-Keeping one shoe upturned when the other is the right way up is bad luck.
-If you’re sitting on something high and your legs are dangling, don’t swing them. Again, for some reason, this is supposed to invite bad luck.
-Snipping a scissor (opening and closing the blades, I dont know what else to call it) when you’re not actually cutting something, as in, just snipping it in mid air, supposedly will cause a fight between you and someone you are close to.
-Sneezing before a journey once or thrice is bad luck and may mean you will have an accident. If you can muster up a sneeze to even it up to two or four, though, you’ll be okay.
-a *****le exactly on the middle line of your face, that is the line going down from your forehead to your chin dividing your face into two exact halves, means someone’s got a crush on you (this is very popular with teenage girls).
o.o
my best friend gave me a knife as a gift and i haven’t seen him in about a year after……
147. Kerry your # 9 is screwed up
WHAT IF A BIRD FLIES INTO YOUR CAR WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING?
I saw on an anime, “xxx Holic” that in japan it is bealived that if you cut your nails at night, you will not be present at your parents death. (because you will be dead… O.o )
Quite a few in my family will have fits if you split a telephone pole (you go around one way, they the other) while walking with them. It’s supposed to bring bad luck. My Aunt would spit on a broom if you accidentally touched her anywhere with it. Ever heard of “step on a crack, break your momma’s back”?
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13. Özhan – September 10th, 2007 at 6:34 am
I dont know if these also exist in western world:
A girl drinks salty water (lots of it) then goes to sleep. Superstition says she will see her future husband in dream as he’s giving her water.
The reason for this is that after someone drinks a lot of VERY salty water and then goes to sleep, the body sweats and expels out the water but leaves the salt which by that time has circulated into the brain. Heavy doses of salt can cause halucinations and strange dreams. This is why if you are ever shipwrecked, you do NOT drink the water from the ocean. It will actually mess up your head and you will die faster.
But as long as you can wake up in the morning and drink a lot of clean water to flush out the salt from the night before, it is a certain way of having some pretty funky dreams when you want to try and have some fun. Be cautious though. If you do this under stress, when you are angry or during a bad or depressing time, you may wind up having some very vivid and realistic nightmares.
Use With Caution.
My two favorites are: a hat on a bed and to look at the back of a mirrior… Check out the movie Drugstore Cowboy and you will see just how bad the hat on a bed can be…
I find number six the most ridiculous.
A hat on a bad is about as bed as you can get….. But the one that should make you run for cover is looking at the back of a mirror, even by accident will haunt you forever…
i don’t belive this it’s scary tough but besides that i don’d belive it it’s just scary ***** to scare ppl to bring atraction to the supernatural world ghost goblins witches r real but this is not some of it is but not all the black cat ***** totally real but nothing else that’s all i have to say wast your time reading this ***** i don’t care i have better things to do read eat sleep u guys seariously don’t waste your time on this peaz
My parents and I had 3 black cats that all lived at least to 15 years old, and we never had any bad luck.
During my grandfather’s death a couple of dogs in my neighbour howled a lot through the night. Actually my grandfather was very sick and we didn’t need any dogs to tell he won’t live long. Anyways the dogs howl most of the night regardless regardless of whether anyone dies or not.
can any one answer this question , if abird flys into a window and dies (it didn’t fly into the house ), what does this mean
@happy (178): it means death is coming…
i dont believe in any of these things, they just nonsense.