- the "13" superstition reminds me of older hotels which lack room 13, and some buildings wich lask floor 13.
- walking under ladders, black cats, broken mirror and seven years of bad luck, throwing salt over your shoulder - if you step on a crack, you'll break your momma's back - butter on a burn to soothe it - if you suck the blood out of your cut and swallow it, it will go back into your blood stream - the way to seal an oath from my elementry school days "cross my fingers, hope to die, stick a needle in my eye" - also from my elementary school days, IIRC as recently as the mid to late 1800's it was beleived that if someone got a thumb cut off and then had a child, the child would be born without a thumb. (I am not exactly sure what you are looking for, meaning, I don't know how you would represent that with a short phrase or a photo). - maggots spawn from raw meat - an apple a day keeps the doctor away - http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/oldwives.asp - I am not up to speed on naval history and superstition, but there are many (I beleive) ficticious sea monsters, and other fears of women on the ship, etc... - Eldorado, Atlantis, Fountain of Youth, King Solomon's Diamond Mines (I do not know if that one is a 'real fake place' or only in literature) - earth is the center of the universe/galaxy - stars are laterns/candles hung in the sky Hope that helps. Russ On 5/19/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Probably the fear of the number 13 predates the event but it's been said > that Friday the 13th is especially bad dates from Friday 13 October > 1307, Philip the Fair, King of France, with the acquiescence of the > Pope, rounded up the all Knights Templars in France for hearsay, they > were found guilty, executed, and their lands and fortunes were > confiscated by the Crown. All in all I'd say that would make it an > unlucky day, (if you were a Templar at least). > > Sandy Harris wrote: > > On 5/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> I'm stuck working on a Saturday. Have to finish an ad campaign. And I need > >> myths. The kind of stuff that predates urban legends. For example, "frogs > >> can cause warts" or "the moon is made of green cheese." Are there others? > >> Perhaps some that arent't as silly. The best minds in the world are on the > >> PDML (Sucking Up:-), perhaps someone can help. > >> > > > > Some Chinese ones: > > > > Red for wedding dress, white for funerals. Same in India. Red is good luck. > > Hong Kong $100, Chinese RMB 100 notes are red. At New Years or at a > > wedding, give a red package (hong bao) containing money. > > > > The number 8 is good luck, sounds like the word for prosperity. 4 is bad > > luck, > > sounds like death. People will pay extra for a phone or license number with > > lots of 8s. > > > > Why is 13 bad for us? Friday the 13th? > > > > Walking under a ladder, stepping on a crack, ... > > > > > > > -- > All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Legacy Air, Inc. 11900 Airport Way Broomfield Colorado 80021 (303) 404-0277 fax (303) 404-0280 www.legacy-air.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
