What is Superstitions ?
Superstitions is a belief or a practice that is not based on facts or events that can be proven.
for example, some people believe in the superstition that if black cat crosses your path, you will have bad luck. The reason this is called a superstition is because no one can prove that any " bad luck " you encounter arose from having a black cat cross your path! Plus, exactly what it would mean to have " bad luck " is also something that cannot be defined it's something everyone would describe in his or her own way.
The use superstition is very old, particulary because for a long time people didn't have that science to explain the cause and effect of things that happened. Like certain weather occurtences or illness. Instead, these unlucky events were often associated with other things that happened ( like a black cat crossing your path ) which actually had nothing to do with why someone get the chicken pox or had rain on their birthday.
In spite of now having better knowledge of how or why so many things happen, lots of people still believe in superstitions, both new and old. Do you have any you believe in?
A Super Superstitions?
A lot of the time, people associate superstitons with bad luck, but many superstitions also talk about good luck!
Some examples include horseshoes of four-leaf drovers, which are both supposed to be sysmbols of good luck. Have you ever found a considered so lucky.
Wishbones are another superstitions bringer of good luck. Have you ever pulled a wishbones with a friend? The wishbones is one of the bones you find when eating a chicken or turkey.It's shaped like " V " and each person pulls one sides of it. Whoever ends up with larger half ( superstitiously ) has their wish come true.
Do you know of any other good luck superstitions?
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