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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2009 16:08:50 GMT 2
Yeah, Wolferin, they are. And now that you've mentioned, that one with the red thread or ribbon attached to a new born clothes to protect him from evil eyes, we have it as well. But to be honest, the number of people who respect these superstions isn't that big anymore. @croc: freakin' curious! We have that too: whistling in the house brings poverty.. If I take it seriously ;D I might say that I'm a whistler by birth,hahahaaaa
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Post by strujka on Sept 15, 2009 21:11:01 GMT 2
Haha Now I remember some things that my grandparents in Bulgaria tried to teach me when I was little ... some that I remember: - When you're in bed, sleeping on your back, never put your hands on your belly and interwine your fingers, because that resembles the way dead people are laid to rest. - Never put bread upside down as this shows disrespect towards the earth/nature :] - Do not sing while you're on the table. As far as I remember that meant that you'll merry a drunk - Do not whisper to someone else while at home. It will bring unhapiness and jealousy :] - When you like to wish luck to someone, pour some water in front of them when they leave the house. - Blue-eyed people can cast spells over others - There's a week when we have to put walnut twigs in our homes so that they will chase away evil spirits such as Rusalki (mermaids). Wow, I love these old beliefs ... so interesting and strange :]
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Post by wolferin on Sept 15, 2009 21:39:45 GMT 2
- Do not sing while you're on the table. As far as I remember that meant that you'll merry a drunk No, you'll mary a Gipsy. ;D - Do not whisper to someone else while at home. It will bring unhapiness and jealousy :] - There's a week when we have to put walnut twigs in our homes so that they will chase away evil spirits such as Rusalki (mermaids). These two I hear/read for first time. - Blue-eyed people can cast spells over others Really, I'll try!
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Post by strujka on Sept 15, 2009 21:59:16 GMT 2
Yep, that thing with the mermaids (it's called "Rusali") is pretty rare nowadays But I remember fetching twigs when I was a kid. It just came to my mind while I was writing the post, but I haven't done it in many, many years. As for the whispering .. we even have a proverb about it "Shushu-mushu kushta ravzalia" -> "whisper-whisper spoils home" (hahah nice translation ) I'm also blue-eyed, and when I was a kid many old women were telling me that I can cast spells over people because of the color of my eyes. I even remember once while I was walking down the street, a gipsy woman with blue eyes just stopped and stared at me for a long time. I was even more scared when my grandmother later told me that she was trying to bewitch me ... then they gave me a thing which resembles a blue eye .. it's like a talisman against curses and bad luck
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Post by wolferin on Sept 16, 2009 1:04:24 GMT 2
I'm also blue-eyed, and when I was a kid many old women were telling me that I can cast spells over people because of the color of my eyes. I even remember once while I was walking down the street, a gipsy woman with blue eyes just stopped and stared at me for a long time. I was even more scared when my grandmother later told me that she was trying to bewitch me ... then they gave me a thing which resembles a blue eye .. it's like a talisman against curses and bad luck I was joking a little in the previous post. I'd heard about it and also some women were telling this for me, but for another reason - because I'm a granddaughter of a priest. "Don't stare at somebody, because you're granddaughter of a priest and you'll put the evil eye on him/her." It had always sounded very strange to me - at one side the church denies the pagan superstitions and on the other side it is a sourse of superstitions itself, which are totally pagan.
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Post by strujka on Sept 16, 2009 16:33:35 GMT 2
I believed in some things while I was a kid, but now it all seems kind of weird .. in my previous I was just sharing my "experience" .. not that I take it too seriously now It always amazes me too how the Church incorporates and adopts pagan beliefs .. nothing new under the sun :]
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Post by Mighty Croc on Sept 16, 2009 17:35:03 GMT 2
Course they could not kill all the heathen beliefs. For example, nearly all church celebrations here are held in the sacred days of ancient heathenism, and so on... Maybe that's a good theme for an another topic?
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Post by Mighty Croc on Sept 16, 2009 20:46:20 GMT 2
A good pic that suits the topic:
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Post by Crystiannia on Sept 17, 2009 7:38:35 GMT 2
About the new-born baby very common superstition is to tie a red thread on its hand, it can be with blue bead as well, against evil eyes. This I had forgotten about. When I was a teacher most of the families whose children were there were from Eastern Europe. So many of the little ones had little red strings around their wrists or pinned to their jackets. I had asked and thought that was actually pretty fascinating. As well, my mother had given me a very pretty necklace with the talisman for warding off the evil eye. It recently broke... Best be careful now! There are two superstitions that my family is very strict on: 1) No shoes placed on a table! Good because shoes can be dirty, but the reason is we are told shoes placed on a table mean a fight will happen in the family. And yes, a fight because someone put shoes on the table! 2) Spilled salt. When this happens you must take a pinch of it and toss it over your shoulder. Always follow this one.
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Post by Heer E. Tik on Sept 30, 2009 23:19:02 GMT 2
From my local environment in Russia when I was growing up, and true even today! :
- If a knife drops to the floor in the kitchen, expect a male guest to arrive.
From my Russian summer camp lore:
- Do not look in the mirror right before you retire to bed for the night. If you meet your reflection's eyes, it will linger there after you retire, and will still be there if you have to get up in the middle of the night. If you have to use the bathroom at night, do not look in the mirror to see what is behind you, or you'll regret it.
We had so much camp lore that was passed on among us kids from summer to summer. From what to do in the night of full moon to summoning various spirits and creatures. We did all those, and I'll never forget those times.
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Post by Mighty Croc on Oct 1, 2009 8:11:40 GMT 2
Yes, that was a great time! Summoning creatures, telling scary stories, visiting the nearby room with girls and covering their faces with toothpaste...
Fukk. I will be thinking about that now... because I have a mirror just opposite my bed on the wall.
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Post by missspookiness on Oct 13, 2009 16:45:31 GMT 2
Don't leave your umbrella open when you are in the house. It brings bad fortune :3 At least in Holland..
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Post by Savi on Oct 18, 2009 15:15:58 GMT 2
In Germany: - Do not peg out washing between Christmas and New Years Eve - Don´t give white flowers away, they are the flowers of death - A horseshoe brings fortune but only when the opening of it is at the top, otherwise the fortune falls out - Friday the 13th is a bad day, You´ll have bad fortune during the whole day - Shoes on a table will bring a conflict ( wtf of course there´ll be a conflict if my boyfrined put his shoes on the table we want to eat from damn ) - Every pearl on a wedding dress shows a tear in the realtionship - Everytime you light up a cigarette with a candle a sailor dies. and the one missspookiness metioned, it´s not only in Holland, we Germans think the same with umbrellas But my umbrella is very big, I can´t pass the fornt door with an opened umbrella
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