This sucks because I just realized if I am unhappy, my luck will diminish. Yeah yeah yeah, still the superstitious guy I am.
In the academic discipline of folkloristics the term "superstition" is used to denote any folk belief expressed in if/then (with an optional "unless" clause) format. If you break a mirror, then you will have seven years of bad luck unless you throw all of the pieces into a body of running water. In this usage, the term is not pejorative.
Supersitions are based on general, culturably variable beliefs in a supernatural "reality". Depending on a given culture's belief set, its superstitions may relate to things that are not fully understood or known, such as cemeteries, animals, demons, a devil, deceased ancestors, the weather, gambling, sports, food, holidays, occupations, excessive scrupulosity, death, luck, and/or Spirits.
Urban legends are also sometimes classed as superstition, especially if the moral of the legend is to justify fears about socially alien people or conditions.
Breaking down is a No No to me. It's just going to switch my luck.
It is also a common belief that breaking a mirror will bring ill fortune.
Walking under a ladder will bring bad luck.
Opening an umbrella inside the house will bring bad luck.
Entering a house left leg first will bring bad luck.
In some countries an owl is a bad omen, in others it is a good sign maybe this is because owls make their sounds when a dangerous animal is near thus it is considered as a bad omen.
Some people believe that if you give someone a handbag as a gift, you must place a coin in the handbag, otherwise the handbag will bring the recipient bad luck.
Some people believe that it will bring bad luck if you give someone a knife as a gift, and to avoid the bad luck the recipient should exchange the knife for some money (even if it's just one coin), so that "technically" they "bought" the knife, rather than received it as a gift .
How ironic.
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