BRITISH
SUPERSTITIONS
§ GOOD LUCK
ü Lucky to meet a black cat. Black Cats are
featured on many good
luck greetings cards and birthday
cards in England.
ü Lucky to find a clover plant with four leaves.
ü Cut your hair when the moon is waxing and
you will have good luck.
ü Putting money in the
pocket of new clothes brings good luck.
§ BAD
LUCK
ü Unlucky to spill salt. If you do, you
must throw it over your
shoulder to counteract the bad luck.
ü Unlucky to open an umbrella in doors.
ü Unlucky to pass someone on the stairs.
§ FOOD
SUPERSTITIONS
ü When
finished eating a boiled egg,
push the spoon through
the
bottom of the empty shell to let the devil out.
§ TABLE
SUPERSTITIONS
ü If you drop a table
knife expect a male visitor, if you drop a fork
a female
visitor.
ü Crossed cutlery on your
plate and expect a quarrel.
§ WEDDING
SUPERSTITIONS
ü The bride should never
wear her complete wedding clothes
before the day.
ü For good luck the bride
should wear “something
borrowed,
something blue, something old and something new”.
BRITISH SUPERSTITIONS
QUIZ
1. What is lucky to say on
the first day of the month?
2. Which
way must a horse-shoe be to bring good luck?
3. What
object is lucky to catch in autumn?
4. What
must you do if you spill salt?
5.
Putting new shoes on the table brings good luck. True or
False?
6. Why is
Tuesday 13th considered to be unlucky?
7. What will happen if the ravens leave the
Tower of London?
8. White
rabbits are considered to be............
9. Why is
it unlucky to have the feathers of a Peacock within home?
10. Do bats bring good luck?
Answers.
1.
On
the first day of the month it is lucky to say “white rabbits,
white
rabbits, white rabbits”, before uttering your first word of the day
2. The
horseshoe needs to be the right way up. The luck runs out of
the
horseshoe if it is upside down.
3. Catch falling leaves in Autumn and
you will have good luck. Every
leaf
means a lucky month next year.
4. If you
spill salt, you must throw it over your shoulder to counteract
the bad
luck.
5. False.
Unlucky to put new shoes on
the table.
6. The
number thirteen is unlucky. Friday is considered to be an unlucky
day
because Jesus was crucified on a Friday.
7.
Meeting two or three ravens together is considered very bad. If
they
leave The Tower of London, the crown of England will be lost.
8.
Witches.
9.
Because of the eye shape present on these feathers. This eye
is
associated with wickedness.
10. No. If
you see bats
flying and hear their cries, it is bad luck.
.
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