Topic author: shy
Subject: Bizarre Superstitions
Posted on: 25 May 2003 12:07:49 PM
Message:

• Spilling salt is considered bad luck, probably because it was once so valuable. Superstition has it a person is doomed to
  shed as many tears as it takes to dissolve the spilled salt.



• Evil spirits can't harm you when you stand inside a circle.



• Suspend a wedding band over the palm of the pregnant girl.
  If the ring swings in a circular motion it will be a girl.
  If the ring swings in a straight line the baby will be a boy.



• A knife as a gift from a lover means that the love will soon
  end. [Especially if the knife is delivered to your back.]
  



• If you use the same pencil to take a test that you used for
  studying for the test, the pencil will remember the answers.



• The number of Xs in the palm of your right hand is the number
  of children you will have.



• You must hold your breath while going past a cemetery or you
  will breathe in the spirit of someone who has recently died.