MaximOfSurrey
Familiar Face
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- 52
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- BC, Canada
It's not really as much superstition as it is being wary. I never, ever walk directly under a bird. Or at least under and facing its rear.
Rockapin-up said:I do the spilled salt over the shoulder, the not putting my purse on the floor, And I got a talking to by my boyfriend for putting his hat on the bed lol .
Amber DeCadence said:Flying Scotsman, I subscribed to the whole feng shui thing for a long time and thought it worked rather well, but then realised it was simply because I was keeping everything clean and uncluttered and switched to FlyLady instead lol
Adelaidey said:~ NEVER say the name of Shakespeare's Scottish play out loud in a theatre (most, including me, are conditioned to never say it out loud ever, just in case).
~ Don't whistle in the theatre, esp. the dressing rooms.
~ Never walk under a ladder set up onstage.
~ Respect the theatre's resident ghost (all theatres have a ghost). Or, to prevent a ghost from settling in, always leave a light on at center stage when closing the theatre.
~ Never recieve a bouquet of flowers before the show has begun. Also never use real flowers as props/decor onstage.
~ Never clean out your makeup box.... also, never spill the contents of a makeup box, and never wear new makeup on opening night.
~ Never knit onstage or in the wings.
And of course.... NEVER say "Good luck"!!! Always "Break a leg!"
pigeon toe said:I never knew putting your purse on the ground was bad luck. Maybe that's why my co-worker always freaks out and moves my purse when I leave it on the ground? I just thought she was a little nutty!
Rockapin-up said:My co-worker Gary had told us ladies one time about 7 years ago when he saw one of the ladies purse on the floor. He said it would keep you struggling with money. Ever since then I don't put my purse on the floor. That and another e-mail I read about how a woman's purse is the dirtiest thing she owns, because it's alway put on the floor where God knows what has been tracked around.
PA Dancer said:My Uncle always had to leave a house thru the same door he came in.
PA Dancer said:I used to have this great book about superstitions and where they came from and how they got started.
I don't know if I still have it or not tho.....let me go check.
::::enter musak here:::::
Wow! I still have it! I thought I sold it on ebay a few years ago!
All right!!!
Well, if anyone wants to know where the superstitions came from, please let me know.
Starius said:How about the one about never putting new shoes on a table? Thats one my mother has always been big on.