Sitting eating dinner yesterday and a magpie landed on the fence . As always I waved at it …. My daughter laughed and call me silly …. Then I said the rhyme to her . Didn’t know she has never heard it before. …..
Other ones I have that may not be as well known
Passing someone on the stairs
Putting new shoes on a table
Taking salt from someone else’s hand
Splitting poles
Female first to wish good luck with a new car
Moving on a Saturday
I am so superstitious , anyone any weird superstitions ?  |
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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago
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Yep I wave at magpies as well .
I don't open an umbrella indoors.
I won't put boots on a table either.
And yes I tend to avoid walking under ladders as well.
I'm more superstitious than I thought  |
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"Sitting eating dinner yesterday and a magpie landed on the fence . As always I waved at it …. My daughter laughed and call me silly …. Then I said the rhyme to her . Didn’t know she has never heard it before. …..
Other ones I have that may not be as well known
Passing someone on the stairs
Putting new shoes on a table
Taking salt from someone else’s hand
Splitting poles
Female first to wish good luck with a new car
Moving on a Saturday
I am so superstitious , anyone any weird superstitions ? "
My dad kicked a black cat in the church the day I was getting married - guess what, the marriage didn't last.
Moral of the story - don't get married 
I'm going to wish everyone well on their new car, regardless of whether they got one or not - just in case
Friday the 13th - just stay in bed  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Not walking on cracks on the footpath
If I don’t bless myself when I pass a graveyard I think something bad will happen to someone I love (I’m not religious) |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
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Whats the boots/shoes on a table about
Never heard of it before
Always bless myself if a hearse comes towards me with a coffin in the back while driving....i don't officially have a religion so don't know why |
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over a year ago
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Waving at magpies. Done it for as long as I can remember but the one time I didn't was the day my grandad died. Dee never heard of it before meeting me. |
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I'm not superstitious anymore, mainly because I couldn't figure out how superstitions worked. I mean for example, does the magpie know that you greeted it with a wave? Somehow I doubt it, as I doubted all superstition, and I quit them. |
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Bullshite the whole lot of them, except the magpies one, that's true, my cousins, uncles, next door neighbour was struck by lightning in a field and all because he didn't salute a magpie.
Flatearthers the lot of them.
The earth is flat.
Water is 80% of the earth, the water is not carbonated, therefore the earth is in fact flat.
Pisrogues (not sure of the spelling) I believe the superstitions were called in Ireland.
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/0706/1151667-piseogs-ireland-folklore-evil-magic-spells/ |
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I do the magpie salute, dont walk om cracks, the broken mirror, i also had a thing that i would never let anyone touch my hurley before a game because id get injured otherwise. Always had to wear the same underwear and gear for a fight |
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"I'm familiar with all those, but don't subscribe to any of them. To me, you make your own luck to a great extent, and shit just happens sometimes. "
I hope daily - wouldn't want you to get constipated |
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"I'm familiar with all those, but don't subscribe to any of them. To me, you make your own luck to a great extent, and shit just happens sometimes.
I hope daily - wouldn't want you to get constipated "
Making your own luck includes lots of fibre and staying well hydrated  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Waving at magpies. Done it for as long as I can remember but the one time I didn't was the day my grandad died. Dee never heard of it before meeting me.
Never heard that one before either"
It seems to be one of those things where some know it and others don't. It was a common one down home but a lot of my mates from Dublin didn't know it. My friend from Clare ón the other hand did know it. |
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By *oo32Man
over a year ago
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No shoes on the table....
Giving a sharp object as a present to a friend...
Rain at a funeral(good sign)
Handing someone a knife..bad luck
Getting keys of a new house on Friday is good luck
Salute magpies...
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By (user no longer on site)
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Waving at magpies
No new shoes in a table
If you go in the front door of the house you leave through that door.
Walk under a ladder
Bless yourself passing a graveyard
Don't overtake a funeral cortege
Move into a house on a Friday
If you put an item of clothing on inside out, leave it that way ( now I do this with my knickers when I get dressed in the dark) hasnt brought me much luck.  |
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