Do you know anybody decidedly superstitious? I mean, besides baseball players, degenerate gamblers, and Romani Gypsies?
Well, I do. I know this kinda fun, kinda kooky lady, and she has quite a few somewhat odd superstitious beliefs.
BTW, I told her I was going to write about her and her odd superstitions here, and she told me to go right ahead, as it is good luck to be written about.
Whoops, I was asked to make something quite clear if I was to write about her. She does not believe that what she believes is odd or superstitious at all, I'm the one who is the skeptic here. She believes what she believes is real, regardless of the laws of nature.
Okay, now I'm good to go, bases covered, salt thrown over the shoulder.
This person I know, she has absolutely no problem with contradicting science with what she believes, or with actually contradicting herself.
For instance, she believes in reincarnation, and also in ghosts. I asked her once, seeing as how the belief that once a person has died that person's soul begins a new life as a completely new human or animal is central to reincarnation, where are all the ghosts coming from?
She has yet to get back to me with an answer on that.
Here are a few of her other beliefs that I consider odd, and superstitious:
Bringing any type of garden or lawn tool into the house is bad luck.
If you ever visit a relative's grave without an offering (Flowers? A chicken? I don't know, she has yet to clarify that), another relative will be soon to die.
Rooster's are good luck, and a prosperous home should have representations of roosters everywhere, especially in the kitchen (she has a ton of ceramic roosters in her kitchen).
A woman who knows how to build a good campfire will always have a loyal husband (I don't know if she can build a campfire, good or bad, but I do know she's currently single).
An overnight visitor to your home should never sleep on blue sheets or the visitor will eventually betray your friendship.
Indian summers are the best time of year for the conception of children (she has no children).
Any relationship that begins on a Friday is destined to fail (Probably not a good night to ask her out on a date, especially during an Indian summer).
If a cat approaches you from the North, bad luck will befall you within three days.
Never look at a relatives baby that is less than two months old - it is bad luck for you and the baby.
A yard should never have more than three trees planted in it, least there be too many places for mischief making woodsprites to hide (uhm, yeah, she believes in woodsprites).
Always receive money with your left hand and give it with your right hand (I have yet to receive an explanation for that).
That's about all that I can remember of what I consider her odd superstitions. There are many, many more. I'll have to remember to ask her about them next time I see her, maybe write them down.
I haven't seen her around the neighborhood lately however, even though she only lives a few blocks away.
Come to think of It, I believe I only ever see her when she needs help moving something heavy, or her car's in the shop.
Maybe she's been too busy trying to avoid walking under ladders and stepping on cracks in the sidewalk.
Or she got sick of my non-believing ass.
Nah, I think it's bad luck to avoid non-believers, unless it's the second full moon in a given month.
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