Superstitions

Skerries · 06-01-2012 07:52PM #1

do you have any and what are they?

I don't consider myself superstitious and would have no problem walking under a ladder or spilling salt but when i see a lone magpie I have to spit and wave at it
It was originally just waving at it but then I heard you had to spit at them so i added that
Now i've heard another one where you have to say "hello mr.magpie and how's your wife?"
Aaaaaaaaaaaah!

hondasam · 06-01-2012 07:53PM

I don't know what a magpie looks like so can't salute him or her.

Saila · 06-01-2012 07:55PM

I heard you have to shoot them if you see one on its own

Chuck Stone · 06-01-2012 07:56PM

I acknowledge Magpies grudgingly with a shaking fist disguised as a wave.

suzzi · 06-01-2012 07:56PM

Skerries wrote: »

do you have any and what are they?

I don't consider myself superstitious and would have no problem walking under a ladder or spilling salt but when i see a lone magpie I have to spit and wave at it
It was originally just waving at it but then I heard you had to spit at them so i added that
Now i've heard another one where you have to say "hello mr.magpie and how's your wife?"
Aaaaaaaaaaaah!

do a rachel and eat the pie.....

im invisible · 06-01-2012 07:59PM

I never walk under ladders,
i keep a rabbits tail.

Missmiddleton · 06-01-2012 08:39PM

In relation to Magpies:
One for sorrow
Two for Joy
Three for a Girl
Four for a Boy...aaand i forget the rest

Enright · 06-01-2012 08:41PM

i heard you have to spit three times over your left shoulder. A friend of mines mother did this and crashed the car - ie BAD LUCK - see she said its true

Shryke · 06-01-2012 08:42PM

I'm not at all. My father believes in "the spirit world". Such a load of backward nonsense.

TheZohanS · 06-01-2012 08:43PM

"If you can't lift her, don't shift her"

jilybilysily · 06-01-2012 08:46PM

1 for sorrow
2 for joy
3 for a girl
4 for a boy
5 for silver
6 for gold
7 for a secret never to be told...

stupidusername · 06-01-2012 08:50PM

Skerries wrote: »

do you have any and what are they?

I don't consider myself superstitious and would have no problem walking under a ladder or spilling salt but when i see a lone magpie I have to spit and wave at it
It was originally just waving at it but then I heard you had to spit at them so i added that
Now i've heard another one where you have to say "hello mr.magpie and how's your wife?"
Aaaaaaaaaaaah!

What a stupid idea.

I was out in a park yesterday taking photos, I got close enough to a juvenile magpie, and was taking a picture of it. a couple and their two children were coming from behind and noticed me doing this. the man commented that 'we wouldn't be doing that now!', and the wife started saying 'one for sorrow...'.

I find it hard to understand how people can be that stupid.

Do you really think a magpie or several of them in your presence has significance to your future?

Ghandee · 06-01-2012 08:50PM

I hate the old wives tale that if your head falls off, and youf heart explodes, you die.

Does that even count?

AnonoBoy · 06-01-2012 08:57PM

Don't whizz on the electric fence.

InkSlinger67 · 06-01-2012 09:01PM

Jesus, the stuff we were told when we were young was unbelieveable...

Eat apple/orange/grape pips and they'll come out your toenails!
Hold your finger over a tyre pump and you'll grow a wart!
Post on boards.ie and women will be disgusted by your appearance!

*Pulls cape over disfigured head and flees towards exit*

boomkatalog · 06-01-2012 09:04PM

I've been lifting my legs going over train tracks since I was a young wan. Someone told me it was good luck.

It might be good luck. It might also be that they wanted a gawk up my skirt. Who knows, but I'll never stop now!

I also wave at magpies, try not to walk under ladders (moreso because I'm afraid they'll fall on me) and I don't care what anyone says but having a bird **** on your head is NOT good luck

Broads.ie · 06-01-2012 11:00PM

Yes I have a superstition that if I don't talk to a man who died (well he practically committed suicide actually) 2011 years ago and admit to him that I am a filthy sinner (even though I never did anything wrong really) I go to this place full of fire and pain for the rest of eternity. I don't die there, I'm just tortured for millions and millions and zillions of years of endless pain.

I know he's been dead for ages but I actually still have to talk to him regularly and admit my filth.

I read it in a book.

Should I seek medical help?

An Ri rua · 06-01-2012 11:48PM

Broads.ie wrote: »

Yes I have a superstition that if I don't talk to a man who died (well he practically committed suicide actually) 2011 years ago and admit to him that I am a filthy sinner (even though I never did anything wrong really) I go to this place full of fire and pain for the rest of eternity. I don't die there, I'm just tortured for millions and millions and zillions of years of endless pain.

I know he's been dead for ages but I actually still have to talk to him regularly and admit my filth.

I read it in a book.

Should I seek medical help?

Looking at your various contributions across various threads? I would say YES.

jilybilysily · 07-01-2012 12:28AM

That's good solid advice there!!

up for anything · 07-01-2012 12:37AM

I don't know what kind of bad luck I'm facing for the year for not having taken down my Christmas tree today.

sarah88 · 07-01-2012 12:52AM

It makes me wonder why people believe in this kind of thing. Like seriously you break a mirror and automatically have 10 years bad luck? how the hell? Its like those stupid text messages 'if you don't send this on to a million people you'l have a life of bad luck', people have too much time on their hands to believe this stuff I think

Archeron · 07-01-2012 12:52AM

Keep a dead magpie in your pocket at all times and if you spot a lone one at the side of the road, just pull it out for instant guaranteed joy!

(you might want to vacuum pack it or you'll end up being mentioned on the smelly people thread).

InkSlinger67 · 07-01-2012 01:07AM

Archeron wrote: »

Keep a dead magpie in your pocket at all times and if you spot a lone one at the side of the road, just pull it out for instant guaranteed joy!

(you might want to vacuum pack it or you'll end up being mentioned on the smelly people thread).

Vacuum-Packed Magpies?

...and I thought my folks were weird!

Dave! · 07-01-2012 01:16AM

No superstitions for me thanks

membersonly · 07-01-2012 01:35AM

Sometimes I step on cracks and sometimes I avoid them, I mix that sh*t up, bitch.

PrettyBoy · 07-01-2012 02:01AM

Where possible, I avoid the number 13.

If I'm writing a list and numbering each point I'll skip 13 and go from 12 to 14.

I can't have the volume on the TV or in my car on 13.

Couple of other things like that, don't know why it bothers me.. weird, I know

Capt'n Midnight · 07-01-2012 04:26AM

It's unlucky to be superstitious.

Ficheall · 07-01-2012 04:31AM

PrettyBoy wrote: »

Where possible, I avoid the number 13.

If I'm writing a list and numbering each point I'll skip 13 and go from 12 to 14.

I can't have the volume on the TV or in my car on 13.

Couple of other things like that, don't know why it bothers me.. weird, I know

You have 1858 posts at the mo. 1859 is divisible by 13.

Just sayin.

edit: Not only that - it's divisible by 13 SQUARED!

tim_holsters · 07-01-2012 04:39AM

Anybody who doesn't have a superstition about numbers is weird, not the other way around.

Odd numbers. People be aware.

al28283 · 07-01-2012 04:53AM

tim_holsters wrote: »

Anybody who doesn't have a superstition about numbers is weird, not the other way around.

Odd numbers. People be aware.

you and your numbers :rolleyes:

massdebater · 07-01-2012 09:32AM

sarah88 wrote: »

It makes me wonder why people believe in this kind of thing. Like seriously you break a mirror and automatically have 10 years bad luck? how the hell? Its like those stupid text messages 'if you don't send this on to a million people you'l have a life of bad luck', people have too much time on their hands to believe this stuff I think

Of course you won't get 10 years bad luck for breaking a mirror!!!

Only 7.

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