Old superstitions you've heard of/still use

Women in my family always burn nail clippings in case a witch will get them and control them

Leg End Reject

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

I remember as a kid in the 80s going to visit a recently bereaved family and they covered all the mirrors with brown paper, something to do with blocking Satan from claiming souls in the house. Now, why Satan would be more likely to claim souls at this point than before is beyond me, but that was their belief.
I think they kept it on until the burial.

The version I've heard is that you cover mirrors as the dead person's soul will be trapped if they see their own reflection. You should open the window to help their soul escape too.

EmmetSpiceland

tom1ie wrote: »

Ah that's gotta be coincidence and/or bull****.
Fairy forts?
Built by humans years ago that were no more magic than ourselves.

And do archaeologists “take down” ring forts?

buried

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The suggestion is that ramps were part of the pyramid , like a multi story car park and that if you removed some of the outer layers you'd see them.

Yeah I get what you are saying but the Great Pyramid as it looks today looks nothing like as it was in the time it was created. The entire outer edifice was veneered with huge flagstone blocks of highly polished Limestone, so highly polished that when the sun shone on the structure the pyramid gleamed like a huge fire. Except for the capstone, which was missing. These huge blocks of polished stone were set on the outside of the structure so the ramps inside the pyramid would have been useless for these blocks as it they were all set in afterwards, and once again, they would have to have started from the ground up to set these huge blocks in place or the whole thing would have come crashing down halfway down if they had started fitting them from the top. We veneer stone edifices today on modern buildings and they are a total nightmare even with cranes. The joints and sockets have to be so so exact. That was always the main mystery that had the people that taught me completely perplexed.

That other Pyramid that Wibbs showed there is also very interesting as it was created a good 800-1000? years after the Great Pyramid so its interesting that the knowledge of creating the same sort of structure was ultimately lost and not developed further. They tried to copy the Giza pyramid but couldn't do it, it collapsed in on itself for sure because they no longer had the knowledge IMO. I mean if they were always simply using ramps, and that method was so successful why didn't they keep using the ramps for the ones that fell in on top of themselves?

*apologies for the continuous pyramid segue

saabsaab

I heard that if you left a blunt knife or razor in a pyramid overnight it would be sharp the next day!

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117470075#Comment_117470075

Probably more to do with historical significance, I do like the folklore of meshing mythology and history.

smillingsam

A few people I know still believe in the Magpie superstition, in fact my daughter said it to my yesterday when she seen a magpie on the way to her driving test, of course she failed, dam magpies

Cunning Stunt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117416400#Comment_117416400

My mother was the very same. It carried on to me and as a result I nearly go into a panic if I see the hubby or kids about to put new shoes up on the table. I remember my mother saying it had a similarity to when a deceased person is being prepared in a morgue, their shoes sitting up on a table... I dunno, its bonkers, but I still wont put shoes on a table!

honeyjo

I don't know why but my Granny and My Mammy consider Ivy very unlucky. My Mammy won't have it in her garden