Superstitions

Some superstitions I know, but have no idea where they come from

Putting new shoes on a table is bad luck.
Putting a hat on a bed is bad luck
When you leave a cemetery you have to shout really loudly to stop ghosts following you.

This is the oddest one and comes from my East End grandmother
When you see a funeral you have to hold your collar until you see a dog

If you see a Magpie you have to say "Good Morning Captain"

If you light a cigarette from a candle you kill a sailor

...if you plant a cedar tree, you're supposed to put a tin can in the hole or the cedar tree will die...

...if your cedar tree dies, someone in your family will die within a week...

...if you see three or more crows together, it means folks are talkin' about ya...

...if the palm of your hand itches, the last person you kissed wants to kiss ya again...

...if you throw up for months while you're pregnant, its a boy...

...if you look into a camera, it'll steal your soul...

...if you dont make your bed in the morning, you'll be disorganized all day...

...if you see an owl during the day, bad luck is coming...

...if you hear an owl, a storyteller is coming...

...seeing a hummingbird means a joyful day...

...seeing a hummingbird sit on a limb means someone is infactuated with you...




...edited for a couple good ones that came to me as soon as i hit reply, lmao...

...if you see a ring around the moon, it'll rain within three days...

...if you see cows sitting, a hard rain's gonna fall...

Well, there's the mirror superstition which is in this website below:
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If you cut your nails at night, you will not be with your parents.

If you wear your new shoes at night, bad luck will come.

If you whistle or play a flute at night, snakes will come to you.

If a funeral procession goes by, you must hide your thumb in a fist. This is because the Japanese word for thumb literally translates as "parent-finger" and hiding it is considered protection for your parent. If you don't, your parent will die.

If you catch a crow's eyes, something bad will happen.

If you stick your chopsticks straight up in your rice bowl, you mustn't eat it else you be killed.

If you go to a funeral, you should throw salt over yourself before entering your home. This is believed to be cleansing.

If your new shoes get wet on a rainy day, everytime you wear those shoes, it'll be a rainy day.

If you see a spider in the morning, it means good luck so you shouldn't kiil it, but if you see one at night, it means bad luck so you can kill it.

If you sleep soon after having meal, you will turn into a cow.

If you have a scratch, do not attend a cremation. It will make your scratch infected.

You should never sleep with your head in North position or you will have a short life (this is the way a body is laid out at funeral)

You should never write a person's name in red ink.

Pregnant woman should carry sharp objects all the time like pins, scissors according to chinese beliefs to keep evil spirit from taking away your unborn child.

When a dog all of sudden starts howling at night, that means ghosts are near.

When you smell the faint scent of Jasmine, it means that something "dirty" is near you. However if the scent is strong, it means that the "thing" is quite a distance away.

Refrain from taking photos of dark isolated places during the Hungry Ghost Festival.

Flush your toliet after every session: It's said that spirits feast upon the waste inside at night. It also encourages them to hang around.

Wash your feet when you reach home: So anything unclean will not follow you into your room.

Knock on your hotel room door when you check in: It is to inform spirits inside that somebody is coming to stay.

Do not comb your hair in the mirror or you will see ghost combing their hair.

Do not look into the mirror at midnight.

Do not tap another person's shoulders at night.

Do not answer or look back when your name is called in the night.

Do not whistle at night.....

Do not keep looking back when walking at night.

Do not bend down and look between your legs. You will see a ghost.

Do not sweep dirt out of the front entrance. It will make all your money go away.

Do not sweep at night. It is bad luck.

Do not clean the spider web at night. You will lose all your money.

Do not open an umbrella in the house. It will make you bald.

Do not eat candy that has dropped on the floor. It now belongs to the ghost.

Do not put valuable things away at night. The ghost will see and steal it.

Do not keep broken Buddha images in the house. It will cause your family to be separated.

Do not tell other people about your bad dream when you are eating. If you do it will come true.

Do not rock an empty cradle. Your child will become sick.

Do not throw anything onto the roof of the house. It is bad luck.

Do not tap a kid on his head. It will make him a bed wetter.

Do not enter a house through the window. Bad luck will come to that house.

Do not allow wedding guests break any plates or glasses. It will cause the couple to become separated.

Do not leave any leftover rice on the plate else your spouse would be very ugly.

Do not let a cat jump over a corpse, else the corpse would raise from the dead.