Superstition aint the way, yeh, yeh

Patty here…

Remember that old Stevie Wonder song?

Very superstitious, writings on the wall,
Very superstitious, ladders bout to fall,
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past.

When you believe in things that you dont understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition aint the way



Maybe it aint the way, but today is Monday the 13th and I'll admit to being a just bit superstitious. I was walking home the other day from visiting my mother when I saw a ladder leaning against a building, blocking the sidewalk. The reasonable non-superstitious option was to walk around it. At least that’s what I told myself. What would you have done?

I also have a pair of lucky earrings I always wear when I travel, especially in an airplane. I’m still here so they must be working. I used to hum “Up Up and Away (in my beautiful balloon)” as the plane took off, just to give the aircraft a little extra boost. I know, I know, that’s just plain weird. I don't do that anymore...well, at least not every time, because the earrings seem to work just fine on their own.

Here are a few superstitions and a few more.

Pulling out a gray or white hair will cause ten more to grow in its place.

Sheesh! GAK! NOW they tell me.

Lettuce is believed to have magical and healing properties, including the power to arouse love and counteract the effects of wine.

Perhaps Lindsay Lohan should be eating more salads.

If your nose itches, someone is coming to see you. If it's the right nostril, the visitor will be a female, left nostril, male.

What if your nose itches on the bridge? Does that mean you’re going on an ocean voyage?

If 3 people are photographed together, the one in the middle will die first.

This one had me frantically paging through my scrapbooks.

It's bad luck to open an umbrella inside the house, especially if you put it over your head.

I’ll cop to opening my umbrella inside the house to dry it off, but I always pause a moment to consider the consequences. I have never put an umbrella over my head inside, though. Um…like why would I do that unless the roof was leaking?



A bride's veil protects her from evil spirits who are jealous of happy people.

I think too many folks are jealous of happy people, so maybe I’ll start wearing a veil whenever I go out…you know, just in case.


This one is for all of our tea-drinking friends:

When you make tea with tealeaves, like in "the old days", you turn the teacup upside down after having finished drinking it. Wait until the water has disappeared, then take a look at the shape of the tea leaves. The first thing you see in the teacup is a prediction of what will happen to you. If you see a man, you will have a visitor. See a heart - future happiness. See two hearts - marriage, dots indicate money, you will either gain, or be careful not to spend, and so on.

When preparing a nice cup of tea, you shall never put milk in the tea before sugar, because to put the boiling water into a teapot before tea will bring bad fortune.

What's your take on superstitions? Your snarky sister invites you to dish.

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