There's that slipping back into superstition thing happening in real time... #superstition

Paging Dr Superstitious: Why Singaporean medics believe steamed buns are bad luck

Doctors in Asia believing it's bad luck to eat steamed buns during a shift shows that even the medically minded are susceptible to superstition

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/03/paging-dr-superstitious-why-singaporean-medics-believe-steamed-buns-are-bad-luck/

#superstition : extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance

- French: superstition, croyance

- German: der Aberglaube

- Italian: superstizione

- Portuguese: superstição

- Spanish: superstición

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Does anyone else here know the superstition that if you say "rabbits rabbits rabbits" on the first day of the month you'll get a gift before the month is over?

Learned it from my Grandmother, who was born in Scotland.

No, sorry, you don't get to choose the gift you want.

"Superstition" is a song by American singer-songwriter #StevieWonder. It was released on October 24, 1972, as the #leadSingle from his fifteenth studio album, #TalkingBook (1972), by #Tamla. The lyrics describe popular #superstitions and their negative effects. #Superstition reached number one in the U.S. #Billboard #Hot100 in January 1973 and on the soul singles chart. It was Wonder's first number-one single since "#FingertipsPt2" in 1963.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftdZ363R9kQ

I sit for a while in a square and I see this on the seat... Witchcraft? Offering? Burundanga? Umbanda?
I laugh at these stupid things, beliefs and superstitions of shitty people...

#witchcraft #superstition #traps #security #actuallyautistic

(story is in English) Willow discovers that she had a twin sister who's come back to haunt her and her village. Can Willow's twin sister still be saved?
#TheTwins #twins #mystery #supernatural #Scotland #storm #superstition #wine #France #authors #writing #books #reading #shortstory #selfpublishing #christinemunroe #marionzimmerbradley
https://www.amazon.in/Twins-German-Christine-Munroe-ebook/dp/B0CQWL3XBF

Which Part of the #Brain Makes People #Religious?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKHZpvqc_DI
#mind #science #religion #superstition

Now resting in a tiny box in one of the drawers, this magic fish predates Queen Victoria. Over 200 years old, it has been carefully kept and repaired - which may have skewed the accuracy of its fortune telling...

Pitt Rivers Museum @Pitt_Rivers #Magic #superstition #foretunetelling #christmas

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #88: No witches have ever been sucked into jet engines, so the law works, I guess?
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#swaziland #eswatini #aviation #superstition #strangebuttrue #funfacts #africa #flying #ufo #ufos #facts #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

Several interesting superstitions are related to clocks. Clocks are said to stop of their own accord on the deaths of important people. The clock of the House of Lords reputedly stopped 'nearly' at the hour of George III's death in 1820 while the clock at Balmoral stopped during the hour of Queen Victoria's death. A similar legend is associated with Elizabeth I. A clock stopping may also indicate that someone's death is near. If a clock strikes during a church hymn or marriage ceremony, it is believed death or disaster will afflict the congregants or couple. Death or unlucky events are foreshadowed by a clock striking at the wrong time. It is considered unlucky to have a clock facing the fire or to talk while a clock is striking. #folklore #weird #superstition #clocks #gothic #paranormal #history

“‘But that’s just a bit of superstition, isn’t it? Witches don’t have to come in threes.’
‘Oh, no. Course not,’ said Nanny. ‘You can have any number up to about, oh, four or five.’
‘What happens if there’s more, then. Something awful?’
‘Bloody great row, usually,’ said Nanny.”
Terry Pratchett; Carpe Jugulum
#Discworld #Superstition #Friday13th

Glad tidings to you on Friday 13th...

Un premier ministre nommé un vendredi 13? "Ça commence mal, grince un conseiller ministériel, rappelant l'exemple des Romains, qui s'en référait aux augures pour les "jours fastes et néfastes". "En fonction du calendrier et des augures, un consul pouvait suspendre ses affaires et rester chez lui". La politique est aussi une affaire de superstition.