Superstitions

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Not many people like to admit (that)
they are superstitious, but in fact they
believe (that) …

Diana Cristina Botina

Diana Carolina Pinchao


Answer the questionnaire, then calculate your scores.

1. Cross your fingers for good luck.

2. Avoid stepping under ladders to avoid bad luck.

3. The bride should wear something old, something new,
something borrowed, something blue, in her wedding.

4. Unlucky for the bride to wear the wedding dress
before the wedding day or when the broom sees the
bride before the weeding.


5. It’s unlucky when you are walking, and
suddenly a black cat crosses your road.

6. It’s brings you good luck running
around the block when new year comes
so that you can easily travel.


7. Scattering sugar in a store brings good luck to attract
people and it is unlucky to scatter salt, it might bring
you misfortune.

8. To open an umbrella indoors brings bad luck.

9. Holly Thursday nobody is due to bathe, because that
day Christ washed the feet with his apostles. If you do
you will be a wretch.

10. If you give handkerchiefs, the person who receives
them will have a full life of weeping and tears.


11. When a dark butterfly settles in a site of the
home, it’s because it announces that somebody near
you is going to pass away.

12. Finding a clover with four or more leaves brings
good luck.

13. To have behind the door of the house or the
store an aloe plant hung of a cord, so that the good
luck stays all along.


14. Eating twelve grapes on December 31st while
you wish something for each grape. Your wishes will
come true.

15. Tuesday 13th is an unlucky day.

16. Getting up on your left foot means bad luck as
well as getting up of the left side of your bed.

17. Hanging a new calendar up before the new year.


18. A sick person dreaming of cats...Death
Omen...

19. If your left palm itches...scratch it, rub it on
your rump, put it in your pocket, to have money.

20. If you laugh a lot, you will cry after a while.


Your Score

• 18-20 Wow! You are really
superstitious!
• 15-17 You are fairly superstitious, aren’t
you?
• 12-14 You are not very superstitious,
but…
• 0-10 life is not a matter of luck to you!


I’ve heard that one!

SUPERSTITIONS


Monday's child is fair of face
Tuesday's child is full of grace
Wednesday's child is full of woe
Thursday's child has far to go
Friday's child is loving and giving
Saturday's child works hard for a living
But the child born on the Sabbath, is lucky, bonny,
wise and gay.

A spider in the morning is a sign of sorrow;
A spider at noon brings worry for tomorrow;
A spider in the afternoon is a sign of a gift;
But a spider in the evening will all hopes uplift


EXPRESSIONS
• Many people believe (that…)
• Some people argue (that…)
• Women sometimes feel (that)…
• I agree that…
• Not many people like to admit (that)
• It is reported that…
• It is believed that…
• It has been claimed (by many people) that…
• It was once believed that…


TAIWAN

The word for the number "4" has
another meaning, a very bad one.
It also means "die", so no hospital
has a fourth floor. Even some
hotels don't use the number "4"
for a room or a floor number.


MEXICO
Many women think that if they want to find
a boyfriend, they must buy a stamp or statue
of San Antonio.
After they buy the stamp or statue, they
need to put it upside down and light a
candle in front of that statue or stamp.
Then they need to say a little prayer to ask
for a boyfriend. If they repeat this every day
for two weeks, they will finally find a
boyfriend.


KOREA

On the day when you have a big test, don't
wash your hair. people believe when they
wash their hair, their memories are cleaned
by the water. consequently, people think
they won't be able to remember what they
studied.


KOREA
If you marry someone five years difference in age, "won
jin sal" will bother you. you'll fight with your spouse
every day, but you won't get divorced. And, if you marry
someone six years older or younger than you are, "sang
chun sal" will make you strange. You and your spouse will
live happily, but you will always be beggars. As a result,
many koreans consider four years difference. Seven years
difference in age between the bride and the groom is the
best age.


RUSSIA

People say if you look in a broken mirror, you'll
have bad luck. They say if you eat and look in a
mirror at the same time, you will 'gorge' your
luck. If you drink at the same moment you look
a mirror, you will 'guzzle' your luck.


GREECE

People use to carry a little bone of a
bat in their wallet. It is believed that
the bone will protect them from the
evil eye.


PAKISTAN

There is a belief that one should not
open and close a pair of scissors without
any reason or purpose. It is considered
bad luck and believed to cause problem
to the family living in the home.

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