To protect someone from evil magic, an English wise woman or cunning man would create a "witch bottle," which contained the person's urine, hair, and nail clippings along with other ingredients. Spells would get sucked into the bottle rather than harm their victim.
A formerly widespread European belief was that a young woman gazing into a mirror in a darkened room (especially on Halloween) could see an image of her future husband's face - or a skull if instead her fate was to die before she was married.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #153: 88888.
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I think, in general, a lot a human #superstition, #rituals, and basis for #religion is derived from the movement of #celestial bodies.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #153: 88888.
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There's that slipping back into superstition thing happening in real time... #superstition
Paging Dr Superstitious: Why Singaporean medics believe steamed buns are bad luck
Doctors in Asia believing it's bad luck to eat steamed buns during a shift shows that even the medically minded are susceptible to superstition
#superstition : extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance
- French: superstition, croyance
- German: der Aberglaube
- Italian: superstizione
- Portuguese: superstição
- Spanish: superstición
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Does anyone else here know the superstition that if you say "rabbits rabbits rabbits" on the first day of the month you'll get a gift before the month is over?
Learned it from my Grandmother, who was born in Scotland.
No, sorry, you don't get to choose the gift you want.
"Superstition" is a song by American singer-songwriter #StevieWonder. It was released on October 24, 1972, as the #leadSingle from his fifteenth studio album, #TalkingBook (1972), by #Tamla. The lyrics describe popular #superstitions and their negative effects. #Superstition reached number one in the U.S. #Billboard #Hot100 in January 1973 and on the soul singles chart. It was Wonder's first number-one single since "#FingertipsPt2" in 1963.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftdZ363R9kQ
3 AM, sitting up on couch, awake, blanket over me.
Sip of espresso.
Silence.
No.
I listen.
Air purifier hiss. Solitary car rumble on highway. Cat shifts on his cat tower by window. Distant machinery. Stomach gurgle. Ever-present tinnitus ringing. My own breathing.
My superstitious belief is, if I sit here, the dull nightmares will leave me, float over to the window to peek out at the night.
I'll quietly ditch them, creep away, back to bed, sleep unimpeded.
"We humans are particularly susceptible to superstitions. But why are we so quick to develop superstitious behaviors, and do we really believe they can bring good or bad luck?
In our new research, we set out to answer this question. We tested whether people could tell the difference between outcomes they caused and outcomes they didn't cause, and this told us something about the cognitive roots of human superstition.
Remember, if you have any laundry needs doing get it done today or leave it till Thursday because as my Gran used to say “Wash on New Year’s Day, wash one of the family away”.
#folklore #superstition
#cantbetoocareful 
Now resting in a tiny box in one of the drawers, this magic fish predates Queen Victoria. Over 200 years old, it has been carefully kept and repaired - which may have skewed the accuracy of its fortune telling...
Pitt Rivers Museum @Pitt_Rivers #Magic #superstition #foretunetelling #christmas
How To Shove Even More #Christ Into #Christmas | Belief It Or Not
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One rather odd custom at Shōgatsu-goto Hajime fell to men with the same zodiac animal sign as that current year's.
They were responsible for collecting pine branches for New Year decorations (松迎え) from mountains positioned in that year's determined lucky direction.
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #88: No witches have ever been sucked into jet engines, so the law works, I guess?
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