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My mother told me a number of tales, some containing superstition that I still believe. For example I was told never to sweep at night, otherwise I would have bad luck. Even the tiniest misfortune scared me out of my curiousity. I was careful when I handled glass, fearing that I would perhaps attain 7 years of bad luck.
I myself don’t know clearly how superstition started or how far back it dates but it certainly frightens me. Even in this advanced modern day the thought of going against it seems unwise.
It is not smart to do the following:
• Brooming at night, and then throw it in the trash. (I think, though I may be wrong, that doing this at night you will “sweep” away the bad spirits therefore leaving only the bad ones behind.)
• Opening an umbrella inside of a building. (I never understood why this was bad luck but I refrained from doing this… 
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• Breaking glass brings 7 years of bad luck. (Like the umbrella I also never understood why this is bad luck. But whenever glass did break I would tell the person they had 7 years of bad luck. Haha, but I’ve already lost count of how many years I have bad luck…)
• Women are not allowed to fish. (Women are said to bring bad luck if they go near the sacred place of a fisher… I am a Woman myself so I never understood it. But I should respect it since it is a superstition after all.)
• Stepping on a crack will break your mamas back. (Avoided cracks in my childhood. I guess one would call me an overly paranoid person. But it is what I take pride in.
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The list of superstition goes on and cultures have adopted such superstition and thus passing it through the generations to come. Although I only named a number of bad superstition, there are also good luck superstition ! ♥
• Finding a four leaf clover. (This one is famously know since four leaf clovers are rare to find amongst a field of clovers ! I have searced for one but to this day have failed.)
Er, I don’t know a lot of good lucks but that is the main one I grew up with… Or can remember! If you feel like adding to my list of superstitions then please go ahead and comment below (: I would love to see what sorts of superstition is passing through the generations!
credit; photo done by Lynn
props to google for ghost pic !
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Lynn, awesome piece here. Am loving your posts so far. Am glad to see that you are learning something out of this. I hope you can continue doing it because I am sure lots of writings will help improve your knowledge and skills about a lot of things. Keep it up girl.
Thanks for the comment, I think so as well (: I will try my best !