QotD: Very Superstitious
What are your superstitions?
Submitted by lazywong.
- Playing of "Flowers of the Forest". I've long been told that "Flowers of the Forest" (the traditional graveside lament) is only played in the presence of, well, someone who's dead. The superstition is that if this lament is played among the living, one of those folks will soon find themselves dead.
- Empty Wallet. I've always known it to be bad luck to give a gift of a wallet that's empty. When giving the gift of a wallet, one should add a penny into the wallet (but I suppose a prepaid gift card would be acceptable in this day and age).
- Tunnels. One gets to make a wish if they hold their breath while traveling through a tunnel.
I know that I've got many more superstitions but those are all I can think of at the current time :-)
Comments
Did not know about the empty wallet. I once gave my BF a gift of a nice wallet for Valentines day. It was empty. We broke up pretty soon after....SO perhaps I could have saved the relationship...though I am not sure about that.
;)