In honor of the upcoming Friday the 13th… how about some superstitions?
- It is unlucky to have a widow at the wedding ceremony. **
- During her ‘monthlies’, a gal must not butcher meat, lest she causes it to rot. **
- If a candle flame turns blue suddenly, there’s a ghost nearby.¤
- To meet a witch, put your clothes on inside out and walk backwards on Halloween night. At midnight a witch is supposed to appear. ¤
- All souls in Purgatory are released for 48 hours on Halloween.¤
- If 13 people sit down at a table to eat, one of them will die before the year is over. ♦
- A bird in the house is a sign of a death.♦
- You must hold your breath while going past a cemetery or you will breathe in the spirit of someone who has recently died.♦
- Mirrors in a house with a corpse should be covered or the person who sees himself will die next.♦
- All windows should be opened at the moment of death so that the soul can leave.♦
- If a dead person’s eyes are left open, he’ll find someone to take with him. ♦
- Washing a child’s hand’s before his first birthday will take away his riches and would live and die poor.♦
- If you want to see a friend again, then don’t ever say goodbye to them on a bridge. ♦
**collected from Snopes.com
¤ Collected from BBC.CO.UK
♦ Collected from Old Superstitions
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