alisonb
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Sooo, how has your day been so far? Are you superstitious or is this just another day to you? If you are you won't be alone, millions of people around the world are affected :shock: .
alisonb":2qilr11k said:Sooo, how has your day been so far? Are you superstitious or is this just another day to you? If you are you won't be alone, millions of people around the world are affected :shock: .
It's my Husbands birthday today as well, we have just got back from a 60's concert, it was a great night out.Suzie Q":kjb2zegr said:It is my Birthday. Lucky day for me. We went out for my birthday and I dressed as a black cat.
That must be terrible, so you actually end up suspecting everything and everyone . Do you think it is possible to lay a curse on someone across the seas or must you have met the person personally . I find this interesting, could it not be a case of more 'bringing it on oneself'. There are a lot of superstitions here in S Africa, probably one of the most common is the Tokoloshe -3waycross":n0105a3c said:Faschinate(the plain old fashioned curse).
alisonb":2brn0dt0 said:That must be terrible, so you actually end up suspecting everything and everyone . Do you think it is possible to lay a curse on someone across the seas or must you have met the person personally . I find this interesting, could it not be a case of more 'bringing it on oneself'. There are a lot of superstitions here in S Africa, probably one of the most common is the Tokoloshe -3waycross":2brn0dt0 said:Faschinate(the plain old fashioned curse).
"The Tokoloshe is popularly believed to be short, ugly, and pot-bellied; his arms are so long that his knuckles drag on the ground as he walks, and his a penis is so large that he needs to carry it slung over his shoulder. He is also believed to lack thumbs, and the reason for the 'African handshake' is said to be the belief that if someone can capture a Tokoloshe, he will have lifelong health, wealth and happiness. The handshake, therefore, is to check if the person being greeted has thumbs."
Some people even put their beds on bricks as they believe the tokoloshe won't be able to get to them.
:? :lol:
alisonb":kj85o2is said:That must be terrible, so you actually end up suspecting everything and everyone . Do you think it is possible to lay a curse on someone across the seas or must you have met the person personally . I find this interesting, could it not be a case of more 'bringing it on oneself'. There are a lot of superstitions here in S Africa, probably one of the most common is the Tokoloshe -3waycross":kj85o2is said:Faschinate(the plain old fashioned curse).
"The Tokoloshe is popularly believed to be short, ugly, and pot-bellied; his arms are so long that his knuckles drag on the ground as he walks, and his a penis is so large that he needs to carry it slung over his shoulder. He is also believed to lack thumbs, and the reason for the 'African handshake' is said to be the belief that if someone can capture a Tokoloshe, he will have lifelong health, wealth and happiness. The handshake, therefore, is to check if the person being greeted has thumbs."
Some people even put their beds on bricks as they believe the tokoloshe won't be able to get to them.
:? :lol:
That's what I kind of figured too!ght may be they were talking about CBVanC":1c5t0dwg said:..To heck with the handshake. Seems to me a short, pot-bellied dude with his knuckles dragging the ground and his tallywacker slung over his shoulder would be a dead giveaway.
VanC":3di69vzi said:To heck with the handshake. Seems to me a short, pot-bellied dude with his knuckles dragging the ground and his tallywacker slung over his shoulder would be a dead giveaway.
dun":2vn63vrw said:That's what I kind of figured too!ght may be they were talking about CBVanC":2vn63vrw said:..To heck with the handshake. Seems to me a short, pot-bellied dude with his knuckles dragging the ground and his tallywacker slung over his shoulder would be a dead giveaway.
Happy Birthday Suzie Q, as long as you didn't walk under a ladder in your black cat suit you should be safe ;-) .Suzie Q":1u6w6llb said:It is my Birthday. Lucky day for me. We went out for my birthday and I dressed as a black cat.
If I believed in the Black Cat superstition I would be in trouble everyday as I have a Black Cat and Always will have, the one I have now is my fourth one, I just love Black Cats and White ones but they seem hard to find, I'm looking for one now, can't find one under £600, if I paid that it would never be able to go out of the house and that is not fair to any cat to be shut in all day everyday. The Black Cat and being a witch, the story so I'm told is if your Black Cat has a few white hairs on it's chest, it is not a witches cat, as the white hairs are the finger prints from God, he gave his blessing to the cat and saved it from Satans cluches. All my cats have had a white line. Although on a few occasions I have been called a witch, maybe that's because I was telling my children off at the time... :lol:alisonb":2efk775b said:Happy Birthday Suzie Q, as long as you didn't walk under a ladder in your black cat suit you should be safe ;-) .Suzie Q":2efk775b said:It is my Birthday. Lucky day for me. We went out for my birthday and I dressed as a black cat.
My grandparents from my mom's side were Scottish and my dad's Norwegian, now that's a combination that is superstitious :shock: . I can remember my grandfather telling us never to cross knives at a table and if one spilt salt you had to quickly take a pinch of it and throw it over your left shoulder and that would ward off all evil. The black cat, walking under a ladder, dropping a knife, never cutting out a pattern on a Friday are just many that I heard of when growing up but never took seriously.
What is serious though is one still hears of witch hunts in this day and age......