Out of curiosity, are there any superstitions that you actually believe in? If so, why do you believe in them?
For me, I have a few:
1. Bad things happen in 3's. Have always heard that my entire life and it seems to be true most of the time, although -- to be honest -- sometimes it is a stretch since the bad things might not all be equally as bad.
2. If a bird tries to get into your home, there will be a death in the family. Every time this has happened, someone in my family has died (not just immediate -- extended family, too). I freak out if a bird even gets near my window or door now.
3. A cardinal that gets close to you is the soul of a lost loved one coming back to visit you. I have no idea why I believe this. I probably heard it from someone as a kid. But ever since my great-grandmother died when I was a child, I've thought that lost loved ones come back to visit me as a cardinal (male or female). Not every cardinal I see, but the ones that get closer to me than they normally would. I probably just believe it because I want to.
4. I have a sprig of dried sage that I hang up in my kitchen. If I remove it, our family has a streak of bad luck. I initially bought it to "cleanse" my daughter's dream catcher. I don't really think dream catchers work, but we tried it when she was a little girl to protect against nightmares and it seemed to help. When she started having them again, I told her that her dream catcher needed to be cleansed and online it said that you use sage to do that. I hung up the sage to dry it so I could cleanse the dream catcher, but I never used it. My daughter thought I cleansed the dream catcher, so it "worked" again without me doing it. I threw away the sage and we had a streak of bad luck. I joked that the sage had been protecting us. My daughter made me buy some more. I did. Once again, I threw it out, and we had another streak of bad luck (things breaking, etc.). So, I bought some more and it has been in my kitchen for about a year now. I'm afraid to throw it out now.
For me, I have a few:
1. Bad things happen in 3's. Have always heard that my entire life and it seems to be true most of the time, although -- to be honest -- sometimes it is a stretch since the bad things might not all be equally as bad.
2. If a bird tries to get into your home, there will be a death in the family. Every time this has happened, someone in my family has died (not just immediate -- extended family, too). I freak out if a bird even gets near my window or door now.
3. A cardinal that gets close to you is the soul of a lost loved one coming back to visit you. I have no idea why I believe this. I probably heard it from someone as a kid. But ever since my great-grandmother died when I was a child, I've thought that lost loved ones come back to visit me as a cardinal (male or female). Not every cardinal I see, but the ones that get closer to me than they normally would. I probably just believe it because I want to.
4. I have a sprig of dried sage that I hang up in my kitchen. If I remove it, our family has a streak of bad luck. I initially bought it to "cleanse" my daughter's dream catcher. I don't really think dream catchers work, but we tried it when she was a little girl to protect against nightmares and it seemed to help. When she started having them again, I told her that her dream catcher needed to be cleansed and online it said that you use sage to do that. I hung up the sage to dry it so I could cleanse the dream catcher, but I never used it. My daughter thought I cleansed the dream catcher, so it "worked" again without me doing it. I threw away the sage and we had a streak of bad luck. I joked that the sage had been protecting us. My daughter made me buy some more. I did. Once again, I threw it out, and we had another streak of bad luck (things breaking, etc.). So, I bought some more and it has been in my kitchen for about a year now. I'm afraid to throw it out now.