Thirteen Month Old Baby Dropped the Looking Glass 7 Years of Bad Luck

At that place are many interesting cultures in the United Kingdom. For me, first thing that comes to my mind when the word 'British' is mentioned is the extremely proficient looking English people. For instance, role player Alex Pettyfer(left) and actress Keira Knightley(right).

Just of grade the United kingdom is more than their handsome looking males and gorgeous looking females. Other than the common cultures which nearly of us have already known, I notice their superstitions interesting.

Accept you e'er encountered something superstitious?  Do you believe in superstitions? Well, I do.

Different cultures of the world take their own unique superstitious beliefs. Some are scientifically proven to be true, while some are just casuistic. Superstition is a part of British culture today.

1) Shoes.

• Bad luck:

-It is believed that placing your shoes on the bed or on the table brings bad luck.

- Never leave shoes crossed on the flooring.

- Do not wear shoes on your wrong anxiety.

- Walking anywhere with simply one shoe on could lead to the death of 1 of your parents.

- The homo must always recall never to give a pair of shoes to his wife or girlfriend because this symbolizes that she might walk out of his life one day.

• Good luck:

- Tying an old boot to the back of the auto of a couple who just got married means you're wishing them luck.

- Placing a new pair of shoes on the corpse before he or she was put into the bury prepares the dead for his or her journey to heaven.

- Tying someone'southward shoe laces up while making a wish and your wish volition come truthful.

2) Stairs and Ladders.

Y'all should never walk under ladders and never laissez passer people when going upward or down the stairs.

• · It is believed that climbing a ladder or walking up the stairs means luck because this is the way upward to God, while going under a ladder ways the contrary.
• · If y'all pass someone when you're going upwards or downward the stairs, cross your fingers to avoid disasters from happening.
• · If you happen to stumble on the staircase, that is said to exist proficient omen and it foretells a wedding ceremony.

3) Animals.

• Cats:

- Cats can predict the weather. Sneezing = rain, Sitting with its back confronting the fire = tempest, Sharpening its claws on a table leg = a sign of change in the weather, nigh of the time for the ameliorate.

- Black Cats

- In the United kingdom, it is lucky to meet a black cat. It is a sign that you volition get some money if a black true cat stays at your habitation. Black cats often appear on greeting cards in the UK.

• Dogs:

- Dogs tin predict the weather too. Eating grass, rolling on the flooring or scratching itself excessively = rain.

- When a dog is howling at a door, it is an omen of death.

- If a dog whines when a babe is built-in, it is believed that the baby volition lead an evil life.

• Cows:

- Meeting a herd of cows on the road is considered lucky.

- It is a sign of skilful weather to come up when cows lay on high grounds.

- The weather volition go worse if cows lay close together.

• White Horses:

- Information technology is lucky to own or see a white horse.  (Is that why nosotros ever see prince charmings from fairy-tale stories riding on white horses?)

• Rabbits:

- Proverb "white rabbits, white rabbits, white rabbits" on the get-go day of a new calendar month ensures you to be lucky the whole month.

• Bats:

- If yous kill a bat, information technology is considered bad luck.

- If a bat flies to your house, it indicates a death omen.

- If a bat flies past you, it means someone is trying to let y'all down.

• Spiders:

- If y'all happen to kill a spider, expect your luck to be bad because spiders are an important ingredient in most of the old cures for illnesses. An one-time proverb says: "If y'all wish to live a thrive, let the spider run alive."

- Information technology is lucky to see a spider spinning its web.

four) Halloween.

It is celebrated on the 31^st of Oct every year. Halloween is a feast for the dead.

• Apples and basics were used to drive away witches and spirits.
• Nuts were used to predict the person yous're going to marry in future.
• Apples were used to foresee luck and fortune.

5) Horseshoe.

A horseshoe over the door brings good luck if the horseshoe faces the right way. Information technology is believed that the proficient luck runs out of the horseshoe if it is placed upside down.

6) Table.

• · Await a male visitor when you lot driblet a table knife.
• · Wait a female person visitor when you driblet a tabular array fork.
• · Expect an argument if you crossed your cutlery on your plate.
• · Death is expected if you leave a white tablecloth on the table overnight.
• · Never have thirteen people at a tabular array.

seven) Mirrors.

- Breaking a mirror equals to seven years of bad luck.

- To avoid this 7 years of doom, yous tin: touch the broken pieces of mirror against a gravestone or bury the broken pieces of mirror under a tree during full moon.

8) Friday the xiii^thursday.

Friday the thirteen^th is considered a very unlucky twenty-four hour period because:

• · The number '13' is unlucky.
• · Jesus was crucified on a Friday.

ix) Wood.

Information technology is lucky to touch on forest. Touching or knocking on wood makes your dream come true.

10) Clover plant.

You're lucky if you find a clover constitute with four leaves as it is a symbol of good luck.

11) Autumn.

Catching falling leaves in Autumn brings you lot skillful luck. The more than the ameliorate as every leafage means a lucky calendar month in the post-obit year.

12) Hair cutting.

Having your hair cut when the moon is waxing brings good luck.

All these could exist coincidence merely in my opinion, it is better to believe in these superstitions because at that place are reasons why people can come up upward with these superstitions.

Written by,

Kimberley Koh Swee Peng.
FIA July Intake, Group 6.

*all images from Google

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