Oh I was raised with several and even though I know it's nuts - I do or don't do the following...
-Never walk under a ladder
-Never open an umbrella in the house
-always am careful with mirrors (7 years bad luck if it breaks)
-don't put hats on the bed
-don't hand someone sicssors by the blade
-if I (or anyone) spills salt, I have to throw it over my shoulder
-Never laugh when I see a funeral procession, hearse or funeral happening
"Never laugh as a hearse goes by or you will be the next to die"
-if your palms itch you will come into money soon
-never kill ladybugs - it's bad luck
-never kill daddy long legs either - and if they crawl on you it means you are getting a sweater.....
LOL My grandmother raised me on all this and she takes it SO seriously. I don't take it as seriously, but am to scared to NOT take action. ha ha ha. So the spilled salt always goes over the shoulder - just in case there is truth to it. There are a couple I never agreed with her on though.
One is that she believed that cat's killed babies by sucking the breath out of them. So a newborn couldn't be left anywhere there were cats.
And the other is that if you don't keep a babies face covered all the time they will "catch the colic." lmao. My oldest daughter was born in AUGUST. omg and my grandmother was constantly putting a blanket over her face, freaking out that the wind was going to go into her mouth and give her "the colic."
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