I can add: Putting a hat on a bed means death for somebody...
Opening an umbrella inside a house is bad luck; They say (esp. when you are very young) that when you make a grimace or pull faces to someone there's an angel that freezes your face that way... Ciao, Gianfranco ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 6:31 PM Subject: Re: OT: Help! Need Myths > Bingo! Some great ones here. Thanks to all who have helped. You rock! > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Russell Kerstetter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > - 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 _ ____________________________________________________________________________________You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_html.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
