In the olden days, when bread was baked at home, bad luck would seep into the bread when one cursed while baking.
And if the loaf would be placed over the table's edge, sickness would soon enter the house.
A loaf placed upside down would sway, because the poor souls would try to turn it, & if the head of the house cut the bread crookedly, then he had just lied...
It's #Friday the 16th! You know what that means – your luck will be mediocre today. Some good, some bad. Don't let a grey cat cross your driveway, and your coffee will probably be only lukewarm.
It's one of the lesser-known #superstitions that hasn't really caught on yet.
ccelerated by technology and propelled by the paranoia of a volatile world, the ‘digital Vedic astrology industry,’ estimated to be $40 billion by the Trade and Business Council of India, is witnessing dramatic growth.
Je viens d'apprendre qu'au moyen-âge le #vert était pour les chrétiens la couleur diabolique. Quand on pense que c'est la couleur de l'islam on comprend mieux l'antagonisme des armées (des deux bords) de l'époque !
"Au XVIème siècle, le vert était considéré comme emblême de ruine, d'affliction et de déshonneur : le vert avait été, durant le moyen-âge, la couleur diabolique, celle du bonnet du malfaiteur cloué au pilori des Halles, celle du manteau des fous. Pendant l'Inquisition, une croix verte entourée d'un crêpe noir figurait habituellement dans la procession d'un auto-da-fé." Andrée Ruffat, "La superstition à travers les âges ", Petite Bibliothèque Payot 1977 #MardiLecture#Superstition#Superstitions
Enfin, et ce sera mon dernier #Funfact sur les #superstitions, le fait de ne pas mettre le #pain à l'envers sous peine de porter malheur est une "survivance du tabou dont le #bourreau du moyen-âge était l'objet : son pain était mis à part, tourné à l'envers, dans les boulangeries." #MardiLecture
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In Shropshire, it was commonly believed that a ghost or spirit could not cause harm if it was not directly spoken to. Thus, if you fear a haunting, you must ignore the spirit to ensure they did not gain power over you.
In Filipino folklore, we had creatures called Tikbalang - horse-headed men who lived in the woods. If you ever get lost and can't find the way back, you were probably cursed by them, and the solution is to take of your shirt and wear it backwards.
There are many stories of this actually working with people, and so they decide that they believe in it, even if they're not superstitious (even strict Catholics sometimes).
Are there any superstitions in your country that somehow just work, even if you don't believe in them? If all else fails, people just try it out and somehow it works?
UP Police to Use Hindu Lunar Calendar to Track Crime, Says Spurt in Crime on 'Darker Nights'
In a circular to the police force, UP police chief, Vijay Kumar, said that state-wide analysis of crime shows that there is a rise in crime a week before and after the new moon of the Hindu traditional calendar.
"I Should Not Allow Myself to be Scared": Narendra Dabholkar on Facing Threats from Religious Organisations
In this extract from the first volume of the translation, titled 'The Case for Reason: Understanding the Anti-superstition Movement', Dabholkar recounts the pressures he faced from religious organisations, such as the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and Sanatan Sanstha as well as by members of the BJP and Shiv Sena. (From August 2018)