*Superstitious*

[Lilith]

I know we have recently discussed luck (Sar's fortune cookie thread) but is anyone here superstitious? Do you have things you must do to keep the universe in check? LOL! Anyone with OCD and wants to share......
Here is mine......
I am superstitious about taking tests at school. If I make an A on my first test in a class I try to recreate all the same conditions for all further testing. I actually made a professor re-enter the lecture hall from a different door once because I was afraid he had f**ked up my system. I know , I know, it would be easier to just study but not near as obsessive :D I also never study the material in the classroom on the day of the test.

Anyone else have routines or things they do to ward off bad karma?

[Lovediva]

Every lottery ticket I buy...it has to have the #13 in it..or a combination of 1-3....unlucky or not..I have to play it.

(But I am leaning towards the unlucky cause I still haven't won after all these years..LOL!!!!!) :D :D

[Murphy]

I have to go outside everynight, just when the big dipper is at 12 o'clock, and make sure it's there. Don't know why, I just don't feel right unless I see Ursa Major standing on her head...

[mindboxer505]

okay.....so im a twisted individual......but i hate superstitions....ill walk under a ladder....thrw salt all over the place.....lonely mirror?ill break ya and give ya some friends.....i evven speed up for black cats.......nothing but my own phobias scare me....

[danziggy]

i have to have the covers over me at night.
i have to have the cupboard door neasest the bed closed before i go to sleep
i have to have the bedroom door closed at night
i have to have the lights on at night when im walking about the house.(afraid of the dark yep thats me)

:o

[Sugarsprinkles]

Originally posted by LoveDiva4u
Every lottery ticket I buy...it has to have the #13 in it..or a combination of 1-3....unlucky or not..I have to play it.

(But I am leaning towards the unlucky cause I still haven't won after all these years..LOL!!!!!) :D :D

I like your style, Diva! I do the same thing, but never really thought of it as a superstition. My birthday is the 13th, so it's always been a favorite number.

[Ste]

I have never posted before, but, one of my many superstitions is to talk about them when asked!
I used to play alot of hockey, and football (soccer), 2 very superstitious sports, so i got:
Always dress from left to right, and in 'order' i have always used.
Always stand throught a game (hockey & soccer) even if i'm not playing
Always move my feet in a certain way during national anthem (again even if im a spectator)
Never sing the national anthem (I'm English, its not such a big thing here... to me anyway!)
Always 'tap' the top of the door of the changing room as I leave it before a game

I could go on...

[Ste]

I have never posted before, but, one of my many superstitions is to talk about them when asked!
I used to play alot of hockey, and football (soccer), 2 very superstitious sports, so i got:
Always dress from left to right, and in 'order' i have always used.
Always stand throught a game (hockey & soccer) even if i'm not playing
Always move my feet in a certain way during national anthem (again even if im a spectator)
Never sing the national anthem (I'm English, its not such a big thing here... to me anyway!)
Always 'tap' the top of the door of the changing room as I leave it before a game
Never walk under ladders
Always have number 9 on lotto tickets, shirts for sports etc.
I could go on...
And all these come from an Athiest! strange really!

[GermanSteve]

One (of many many more) reason why I decided leaving my wife was her superstition. She believes in witches, black and white magic and much more of that kind.
One day I had some money laying on a furniture that was of an old woman that my parents knew. My wife didn´t trust that woman thinking she´s a witch. I used some of that money for paying the ID card of our daughter. When my wife found that out she was completely pissed and ripped the new ID card.

:mad:

[PantyFanatic]

Originally posted by Lilith
....Anyone else have routines or things they do to ward off bad karma? [/B]

How bad is Karma?:D Can I meet her?:p

[Lilith]

Hi nice to meet you I'm Lilith..... Lilith Karma!

[scotzoidman]

I'm sorry, my Karma just ran over your Dogma...

[Oldfart]

Not superstitious at all, touch wood.

[MissX]

Magpies....can't go past a single magpie without doffing my forelock.

[Lilith]

MissX~ Could you please translate for us daft Americans?

[sugarfreecandy]

MissX --- OMG, I'd forgotten all about magpies! I used to live in the UK, and my friends there did train me in the ways of magpie courtesy... We always used to say 'Good morning (or afternoon or whatever), Mr. Magpie, and give my regards to Mrs. Magpie' whenever we saw them, as well as touching caps or forelocks in the bird's general direction. I remember one morning on the bus to school, there was much commotion with the whole bus-load of us all greeting the magpies --- I don't know where they all came from, but there were 50 or 60 of them that morning, dotted along the route. No one could have a conversation because of all the magpie-greetings! I don't really remember the reason for the superstition, though, except that I know it was bad luck to pass a magpie without greeting it... Can you refresh my memory?

--- sweetstuff

P.s. Lilith, this is a magpie...
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[sugarfreecandy]

Oh, and as for me... Not superstitious at all, until I walk through the doors of my theatre, and then watch out! 'Break a leg' MUST replace 'good luck', 'the Scottish play' MUST replace 'Macbeth', and of course then there are all the various superstitions about ladders, soap, salt, rope, and so on...

One time, on opening night of a show, someone told me to have 'good luck', and it nearly killed me... I was the stage manager; within 10 minutes of curtain my headset had caught on fire (mmm, flame and sparks travelling down a wire connected to my head, that was fun), and I had to call the rest of the show (cue the actors, sound, lighting, etc) by signalling to my assistant on the other side of the stage. Pretty much as soon as I'd put out that fire, one of the dancers fell down the dressing room stairs and broke an ankle. The central piece of the set (a little 'stone' bridge) collapsed when the two lovers stood on it for their main song (the show was Brigadoon)... Oh yeah, and the fog machine got stuck on 'spew', so it was shooting fog onto the stage at a great pace for the whole first act until I could fix it. Coincidence? I think not. :rolleyes:

--- sweetstuff

[Lilith]

I have no clue why I do this one, if someone knows the reasoning behind it please share.
When I go over a set of RR tracks I put both hands on the interior roof of the car and lift both feet off the floor.... as to not be touching the tracks. Driving or passenger! LOL I have no clue but have done this consistently for 20 years!

[legend]

I have this thing where i have to leave my window unlocked in case Lilith is waiting outside :D

[Murphy]

SFC~
A britt that doesn't know that Magpies are associated with Merlyn?

[sugarfreecandy]

*striking forehead with palm*
*blushing furiously*
*scuffling toe on the floor*
*stuttering*

Well... I, uh... erm... it's just... you see... well the thing is... you know... I... we... argh... oh... blast and botheration!! I didn't know!!

In my defense --- I'm not a Brit, I just lived there for a year, and that was in my early teens.

The bit I do remember, on further racking my brain, is that one magpie alone was supposed to be bad, that's why we always had to make mention of a partner; but two magpies together was supposed to be good luck. How does the rhyme go?

"One's sorrow, two's mirth,
Three's a wedding, four's a birth.
Five's a christening, six a dearth,
Seven's heaven, eight is hell,
And nine's the devil his ain sel'."

I still don't know what all that has to do with Merlin/Merlyn... Care to enlighten me, Murphy? Pleeeease? :)

--- sweetstuff

[Murphy]

sweetstuff-
Merlyn was supposed to be able to become a magpie, or crow.
He also was said to use magpies as spies.

[scotzoidman]

Still don't like to step on the sidewalk crack... even tho I'm not much concerned about breaking Mother's back now.... ;)

[Oldfart]

SFC, the poem's Scots, Merlin was Welsh (they think).

Just mixing lores.

[danziggy]

SCF this is the one i was tought when i was small.

One for sorrow,
two for joy,
three for a girl,
for 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 time
of joyous bliss


I think this is what it is supposed to signify.


One: Sorrow. An unhappy event. A change for the worse. Maybe loss or a death.

Two: Joy. A surprise. A change for the better. Sometimes the finding of something.

Three: Marriage. A celebration. Sometimes the birth of a female child. Othertimes some significant event around a daughter.

Four: Birth. Usually the birth of a male child. Sometimes a significant event surrounding a son.

Five: Silver. Something costly. Usually a positive transaction.

Six: Gold. Wealth. Sometimes money. Maybe greed. Occasionally a negative transaction.

Seven: Something of spiritual significance. Often a secret. In some cases witchcraft, or the performing of sacred rites.

Eight: Something profound. Death, dying, or a glimpse of Heaven. A life-altering journey or experience.

Nine: Something sensual. Passion, or forbidden delight. In some versions this is corruption, in others it is closer to temptation.

Ten: Something extreme. An overwhelming sensation. Something paid in full.

Eleven: Uncertainty. Waiting. Wanting. May be in relation to a spiritual matter.

Twelve: Fulfillment. Riches (though not always of a material sort). A fruitful labor. Something completed. An end to a problem, or the answer to a question.

I maybe incorrect though. I do know that the magpie was once thought of as evil (bit like a crow).


Lilith ~ i used to do that as a kid. also do you hold your nose when you drive over water or put your hand over your head when you go through a tunnel??

[Lilith]

Danziggy~ I hold my breath through the tunnels and I live where there are may long bridges so I would be dead from holding my breath over them :D

[kiwi15]

I always wear something grey: just in case I meet a single Magpie. Last year I saw the weirdest thing. My neighbour's cat was high in a tree close to a Magpie nest. The Magpies were dive-bombing the cat and two crows joined in the fun. Maybe there is something in that Merlin myth after all?

And the cat? He continues his tormenting unscathed.

[legend]

I'm not superstitious at all. The only thing I can think of that I do is that I like to put my left sock and shoe on first. Just habit I think.

[sadora]

While I believe in karma, I am not superstitios... at least not in the common sense.

I believe in the laws of the universe. Negative and positive energy. If you put out positive energy, that is what you will attract. I truely believe in what comes around goes around.

[HelmsmaN]

Bananas on a boat are bad luck. I live by this, because I have seen the consequences.

[Lovediva]

Originally posted by HelmsmaN
Bananas on a boat are bad luck. I live by this, because I have seen the consequences.

Never heard of that one!!! Can you explain??? ;) :D



(Sure hope bananas in a pussy aren't bad luck!!! :D :D ;))

[MissX]

Originally posted by Lilith
MissX~ Could you please translate for us daft Americans?

Heck you're not daft, I am for doing it....SFC wow I would have loved to have seen that bus of children greeting the magpies. Murphy - I didn't know the bit about Merlyn and magpies...my folks were more Queen Mab than Merlin, I'll have to ask them!

I know the rhyme that goes from 1 to 7

1 is for sorrow, 2 is for joy
3's for a girl, 4's fora boy
5's for a silver, 6 is for gold
7's for a secret never to be told

and the old folkstuff goes that wherever there's a bad spell like only seeing 1 magpie there is usually a get out clause - doffing the forelock. That means you either touch the brim of the cloth cap you're wearing, or if you're not wearing one, you tug on your forelock (a lock of hair at your forehead). That get's rid of the sorrow.

Heck my folks told me this when I was wee and it's kinda stuck for the past 20 odd years. Guess I'm just daft that way, but I don't like seeing only 1 magpie:)

[Master1012]

Say I will fail a test the minute before starting the test..

Make sure music is on before I go to sleep.

Door to bedroom must be shut at all times....

[WildIrish]

Three figures prominently in my "superstitious acts".

When I set my alarm, it must be to a time ending in 3.
I tap things a lot. I tap doorjambs as I walk through, I tap my desk a lot and

I tap counters or tables as I pass by...three times.

I knock three times.

I take three breaths before I answer the phone or before I walk out of my office to meet someone.

When I'm making coffee, I tap the scoop three times to make sure it's empty before putting it away.

And I shake it three times before putting it away. :D