8 Superstitions I Am VERY Familiar With

[zombiebabe]

Superstitions: They're present in almost every part of the world. I'm gonna list a few I am VERY familiar with below. :p

#BATTLEROYALE

1. Give a pregnant woman everything she wants

I often hear that if when a woman is pregnant NEVER refuse to give her things she wants (it can be anything; a pet/candies/etc....) or the baby will get a noticeable birthmark with a close shape to what she wanted (but didn't get)once he/she will be born.

2. Removing evil eye

By burning onion peeling with dry red chili wrapped in old newspaper.

3. Protection

Take a pinch of salt and turn it 7 times around a person before that person leaves the house.

4. The black cat

If someone is walking someone or even if that person is driving and sees a black cat crossing the street...the person will have to spit because the black cat is a sign of bad luck.

5. Hair falling out

When you're brushing your hair don't throw away the lost hair; instead tie them together and put it in the stem of a banana tree (its said to reduce hair loss).

6. "Knock on Wood"

I am sure A LOT of you are familiar with this one lol..in order something bad from happening

*touch wood*

7. When cutting hair...either:

cut/trim it during full moon for healthier hair growth

OR

make a pregnant woman cut/trim your hair (but it has to be at the beginning/middle phase of her pregnancy not at the end)...it is said to promote healthier hair

8. Dreaming of fish

If someone dreams of fish...it means either the person (if a woman) will get pregnant in a near future OR someone in the family IS pregnant.

The ones I've listed above are a very few i know (there's way too much LOL).

GAGers what are the ones you're familiar with? or you often hear about?

[Cccgala]

Some of the superstitions I personally know:

(1) "Conjoined" bananas.
If a woman eats them both, she would be more likely to conceive twins. (Uhhhh... what?)

(2) Menarche "3rd-step-from-stair-jump".
A girl shall jump from the third step of a stair all the way down to the ground for her to have a 3-day menstruation per month. I don't even believe this but I did it anyway when I had menarche.

(3) No sweeping of floors on nights
Households should not have their floors swept on nights for them to not miss the next morning's "rewards."

(4) Not sewing any defective clothing while wearing it
If you do, your future children would have no butt holes. (I am serious, mind you.)

(5) A shooting star/comet denotes an upcoming catastrophe
Here, a shooting star is seen as a bad omen :(

[zombiebabe]

:o :o

[Righttobeararms83]

Never use a ouiji board or let one into your home. Cover all mirrors in the home when a family member dies. Never move a holy picture or bible you may find in the attic of an old house. When you hear tge wail of the banshee someone close to you or yourself will die.

[zombiebabe]

i know the one about the mirror.. my relatives did this when i lost my grandma earlier this year

[helloitsmethere]

You forgot:
9. The number thirteen
10. Opening an umbrella inside a house
11. Breaking mirrors
12. 'Navel String Tree' (you might not have heard of it, but it's popular where I am from)
13. Stay away from cotton trees at night
14. Walking under a ladder
15. A boy who looks like their mother has good luck and a girl who looks like her father also has good luck (people tell me that all the time lol)
16. You shouldn't look at a corpse at a funeral while pregnant or else both the baby and the mother will die (or something similar to that)
17. A flock of crows over a house means someone in that house might die in the next few hours or days
18. A dog constantly howling over a week at night means someone is about to die

[zombiebabe]

:o where are you from?
and that funeral thing sounds scary tho

[helloitsmethere]

I'm from Jamaica.
Superstitions are very popular there.

[zombiebabe]

superstitions are very common here too :p
i guess its something present on most islands

[helloitsmethere]

Yep, especially in the rural areas and told by elders.

[zombiebabe]

true

[redeyemindtricks]

@helloitsmethere Have you heard of how women secured a man's eternal love in Obeah (traditional Jamaican black magic)?

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[helloitsmethere]

@redeyemindtricks I have heard of that one many times

[redeyemindtricks]

Red velvet cake... LOL

[sailorjupiter]

malay superstition:

if someone wants to pee or take a dump in a remote area or jungle or near grave, one should first "asking for permission" to the "land owner/ancestor" of that place, if not, they will haunt you.

i think this applied to chinese superstitions too

[zombiebabe]

interesting

[Cccgala]

This is true for the Philippines, too.

[hellionthesage]

The first one sounds very Asian to me, I personally never heard that one. In china the black cat superstition is actually a white cat (or so I hear since white is the color of death in china). Interesting though I haven't heard some of those before.

[zombiebabe]

good to hear you've discovered new things

[hellionthesage]

well I'm always on the look out for new information and beliefs (I love studying mythology, folk lore and such, superstitions are an extention of that) so thank you.(P. S. if you have any information on any of these then I would love to read a take of them)

[zombiebabe]

oh i am glad i helped!

[Relentless_Hippie]

My period was late one time and my grandma had a dream about fish. She swore up and down I was pregnant and made everyone worry about me. Like lol yeah, the only virgin in the house was pregnant.

[zombiebabe]

lol yeah!

[BlondyBabe]

Lol I hadn't heard of some of these but yes to the salt but I'm my family if you spill salt you have to throw some over your left shoulder , fish dreams rings a bell, touch wood, yep definitely. Lol soooo many in my family!!

[zombiebabe]

yayyy! lol

[Spiorad_Aisce]

Definitely a wow there - A few I never heard of in there especially the pregnant ones - I half knew the black cat one - The only one I really knew was the knock on wood one - Very interesting take

[zombiebabe]

thanks:)

[ObscuredBeyond]

I'm just freaked out that I had a dream this morning about my dad waking me up, saying that the office needed my help. And when I head over to visit later the same day, I find out that the office could use my help. And he'd pay me - enough to fix my phone. I was quite disturbed by that.

[zombiebabe]

O_o''

[Xfitchick]

Well, if I have bad luck, I will know where to find you my little, cute zombie.

[zombiebabe]

awww :* <3

[lazermazer]

There's way too much stupid things then these superstitions

[zombiebabe]

they are superstition

[lazermazer]

I know☺ .

[Maxemeister]

The number 13? 4?

Umbrellas inside, walk under a ladder, break a mirror

[zombiebabe]

the mirror thing yea! heard about it too

[Maxemeister]

Break a mirror, 7 years of bad luck

Lol have u heard this song? Might give u a good idea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXsxvdF481I

[zombiebabe]

never heard of it but its a good one

[Maxemeister]

Yup, very good, Stevie Wonder sure can make a song

[zombiebabe]

lol i prefer "master blaster" (among his songs)

[Maxemeister]

Never heard that one

[zombiebabe]

look for it

[PT1911]

What if you had a dream where you not only witnessed two nuclear bombings, but survivid them?

[zombiebabe]

I don't know :/

[Maazin]

None I can relate to lol

[zombiebabe]

lmao

[Anonymous]

Out of your list, I only heard of knock on wood

[zombiebabe]

cool

[Prettyapathetic]

Im going to have nightmares now

[zombiebabe]

O_o'' you have no reasons to

[Prettyapathetic]

Superstitions are creepy