This is a teachers presentation about well known superstitions like walking under ladders and black cats etc.

1. Are you superstitious?

2. What are superstitious?
• A belief or way of behaving that is based on
fear of the unknown and faith in magic or luck
• A belief that certain events or things will bring
good or bad luck

3. • Are they lucky?
• Why or why not?
• Do you like Black cats?
Black cats

4. • If a black cat walks
towards you, it brings
good fortune
• If it walks away from
you, it takes the good
luck with it.
Good or bad luck!

5. White butterflies
• Are they lucky?
• Why or why
not?
• Do you like
Butterflies?

6. Good luck
• If the first butterfly you see in the year is
white, you will have good luck all year

7. Horseshoes
• Are they lucky?
• Why or why not?
• Do you like Horseshoes?

8. Good or bad luck!
• This holds the good luck.
Especially over doors.
• Now the good luck falls out!

9. Is this lucky?
Why or why not?
Do you like walking
under ladders?
Walking
under
ladders

10. Walking under a
ladder.
Bad luck

11. Are they lucky?
Why or why not?
Do you like white
rabbits?
White rabbits

12. Saying “white
rabbits, white
rabbits, white
rabbits”.
Good luck

13. Breaking
mirrors
Is this lucky?
Why or why
not?
Do you like
broken
mirrors?

14. Bad luck
Seven years
of bad luck to
break a
mirror.

15. Autumn leaves
• Are they lucky?
• Why or why not?
• Do you like Autumn
leaves?

16. Good luck
Catch falling leaves in
Autumn and you're have
good luck.
Every leaf means a lucky
month next year.

17. Opening
umbrellas
• Is this lucky?
• Why or why
not?
• Do you like
opening
umbrellas inside
your home?

18. Bad luck
Opening an
umbrella
indoors.

19. Magpies
Are magpies lucky?
Why or why not?
Do you like
magpies?

20. Bad luck
If you see only
one magpie.

21. • Is this lucky?
• Why or why not?
• Do you finding a clover
with four leaves?
Finding a clover with four leaves

22. Finding a clover
with four
leaves?
Good luck

23. White heather
• Is this lucky?
• Why or why not?
• Do you like white
heather?

24. Good luck
• White heather

25. 13 and Friday 13th
• Are these lucky?
• Why or why not?
• Do you like 13 and
Friday 13th?

26. Bad luck
• The number 13.
• Friday the 13th is
very unlucky.

27. New shoes on a table
• Is this lucky?
• Why or why
not?
• Do you like
new shoes on
a table?

28. Bad luck
New shoes
on a table.

29. Spilling salt
• Is this lucky?
• Why or why not?
• Do you like spilling
salt?

30. Bad Luck
Spilling salt

31. Wish on a wishbone
• Is this lucky?
• Why or why not?
• Do you like wishing on a
wishbone?

32. Who gets the bigger half?
This requires two people
Find the wishbone in a turkey
Both of you make a wish,
close your eyes and pull the
wishbone. The winner is the
person with the biggest half.

33. Touching wood
• Is this lucky?
• Why or why not?
• Do you like touching
wood?

34. Good luck
Touching wood

35. Cross your fingers
• Is this lucky?
• Why or why not?
• Do you like crossing your
fingers?

36. Good luck
Crossing your fingers

37. … luck comes in threes
• Is this lucky?
• Why or why not?
• Do you like when three good or
bad things happen in a row? 3

38. Bad luck comes in threes
• Some people say that 3 bad things
happen in a row…
3

39. Walking on cracks
• Is this lucky?
• Why or why not?
• Do you like
walking on
cracks?

40. Bad luck
Walking on cracks