Superstitions

[Kazz]

Opps just noticed that has been said.

[Mags]

Wearing something old and something new when getting married......

[Kazz]

If you put a gold wedding ring on a string and hold it over the stomach of a pregnant woman, if the ring moves up and down it will be a boy if it moves from in a circle it will be a girl.

Believe it also works with a needle instead of a wedding ring...maybe its the metal.

[Kazz]

If my Mom saw Cleo or Oscar washing behind their ears she would say its going to rain.

[dandysmom]

A bird flying into the house brings bad luck ......

[PoshPuss]

Red sky at night shepherd's delight, red sky in the morning shepherd's warning.

[dandysmom]

A superstition that has been disproved many many times but is still around, sadly,

Cats will suck a baby's breath .....

[angieh]

"Lines and Squares" by AA Milne
Whenever I walk in a London street,
I'm ever so careful to watch my feet;
And I keep in the squares,
And the masses of bears,
Who wait at the corners all ready to eat
The sillies who tread on the lines of the street,
Go back to their lairs,
And I say to them, "Bears,
Just look how I'm walking in all the squares!"
And the little bears growl to each other, "He's mine,
As soon as he's silly and steps on a line.
And some of the bigger bears try to pretend
That they came round the corner to look for a friend;
And they try to pretend that nobody cares
Whether you walk in the lines or the squares.
But only the sillies believe their talk;
It's ever so portant how you walk,
And it's ever so jolly to call out, "Bears,
Just watch me walking in all the squares!"

(As this was written for young children, I think it might have been quite a scary superstition!)

[dandysmom]

Oh, than ks for posting that! It's been many many years since I've read any Pooh, if I ever knew that; I'd forgotten!

[PoshPuss]

Cats don't always have a bad press, how about the lucky black cat