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By *ligolad321 OP   Man
over a year ago

Donegal

Name a Superstition you where told as a child...

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By *ligolad321 OP   Man
over a year ago

Donegal

Don't put new shoes on the table...

Stay away from Priests houses or you'll get a sore hole...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Don't put new shoes on the table...

Stay away from Priests houses or you'll get a sore hole..."

If you swallow chewing gum it'll be stuck in your stomach for seven years

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By *ligolad321 OP   Man
over a year ago

Donegal


"Don't put new shoes on the table...

Stay away from Priests houses or you'll get a sore hole...

If you swallow chewing gum it'll be stuck in your stomach for seven years"

Has this theory ever been fact checked?

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By *ungry CatCouple
over a year ago

Belfast

Not to gift your partner shoes or clocks/watches. With shoes - you're telling them to go away and with clocks - you're counting the time till its over.

Not to put a handbag directly on the floor or you'll lose money.

Fun fact:

Opening an umbrella inside a house is considered bad luck because back in the olden days people who were poor often had leaky roofs and had to open their brollies inside not to get rained on (read it on Facebook so must be true lol).

Missus

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Don't put new shoes on the table...

Stay away from Priests houses or you'll get a sore hole...

If you swallow chewing gum it'll be stuck in your stomach for seven years

Has this theory ever been fact checked?"

A quick Google search confirms it to be bollocks!

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By *ligolad321 OP   Man
over a year ago

Donegal


"Don't put new shoes on the table...

Stay away from Priests houses or you'll get a sore hole...

If you swallow chewing gum it'll be stuck in your stomach for seven years

Has this theory ever been fact checked?

A quick Google search confirms it to be bollocks!"

Well if it says it on the Internet it must be...

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By *ka ..Agent k ..Man
over a year ago

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..never look at a new moon tru a window (unlucky for some)

Respect houses with thin walls you never know when you'll need em.

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By *etmebeurfantasyWoman
over a year ago

My town

Eat your carrots helps you see in the dark

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By *ligolad321 OP   Man
over a year ago

Donegal


"..never look at a new moon tru a window (unlucky for some)

Respect houses with thin walls you never know when you'll need em."

Never heard either of them before...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Don't put new shoes on the table...

Stay away from Priests houses or you'll get a sore hole...

If you swallow chewing gum it'll be stuck in your stomach for seven years

Has this theory ever been fact checked?

A quick Google search confirms it to be bollocks!

Well if it says it on the Internet it must be..."

If you Google it, it's reputable sources like the BBC that have debunked it, not some random fuckwit's conspiracy blog

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By *onnrodMan
over a year ago

moira

My dad told me when I was moving house once that moving house on a Saturday was bad luck. "a weekend flit is a short sit"

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By *ka ..Agent k ..Man
over a year ago

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"..never look at a new moon tru a window (unlucky for some)

Respect houses with thin walls you never know when you'll need em.

Never heard either of them before..."

The new moon would well known I would of thought

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By *ofusplusCouple
over a year ago

Limerick

Must say I've never ever had a bad Friday the 13th. If anything they've been good days.

Amazing the number of grown adults who still fret over it.

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By *laymates30Couple
over a year ago

The West

Always make sure to leave a house through the same door you came in. Bad luck to leave through a different door apparently.

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By *mmmm300Woman
over a year ago

cork

The wind will change and your face will stay like that.

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By *ka ..Agent k ..Man
over a year ago

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Surprising the amount of people still won't walk under a ladder

They'd walk around quicker

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By *ligolad321 OP   Man
over a year ago

Donegal

Anyone salute a magpie?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The wind will change and your face will stay like that. "

I remember reading that in some Enid Blyton books and being absolutely terrified

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All the BS about black cats.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Magpies know up as far as 7 ffs

Brake a mirror 7 years bad look

Knife to the floor man to the door...

Shared a house with a gay friend of mine years ago...I said this to him in the kitchen

He emptied the cutlery drawer on the floor instantly ...very funny moment

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By *indenMan
over a year ago

Naas which is South West of Dublin


"Anyone salute a magpie?"

Yep, always….

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Magpies know up as far as 7 ffs

Brake a mirror 7 years bad look

Knife to the floor man to the door...

Shared a house with a gay friend of mine years ago...I said this to him in the kitchen

He emptied the cutlery drawer on the floor instantly ...very funny moment "

Magpies might not be able to count to 7 but they are INCREDIBLY intelligent!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We were told it was bad luck to walk on fairy rings.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Must say I've never ever had a bad Friday the 13th. If anything they've been good days.

Amazing the number of grown adults who still fret over it."

13 is actually my lucky number! Partly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

...Partly because everyone else abhors it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"We were told it was bad luck to walk on fairy rings. "

We were told the same bad luck and all that be gara be garage...Darby o Gill shite lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My granny told me "mocking is catching"... she was a looney

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By *ouble Trouble 1000Couple
over a year ago

ireland


"My dad told me when I was moving house once that moving house on a Saturday was bad luck. "a weekend flit is a short sit""

Yep,Saturday flit,short sit ,a favourite saying of my mums also !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"We were told it was bad luck to walk on fairy rings.

We were told the same bad luck and all that be gara be garage...Darby o Gill shite lol"

If I was still living in Dublin I'd laugh along with you but it's a different story in the wilds

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By *ittlemisspumpkinWoman
over a year ago

B

If your walking with someone and you come to a lamp post or pole don't split it, both walk on the one side of it..

Don't set new shoes on the table

Don't walk below a ladder

Don't move house on a Sunday

The main one my mum always told me wa if an ambulance passes you to hold your coller or neck of your top

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By *risharrowMan
over a year ago

Clare,

My grandfather always said superstitions ain't the way.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If your moving home not to have your first night a Saturday night

Saturday move is a short move

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By *ka ..Agent k ..Man
over a year ago

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"If your moving home not to have your first night a Saturday night

Saturday move is a short move "

This wouldn't sit well if your being discharged on a sat afternoon from hospital

Sorry nurse can I please ,please stay one more night pretty please.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My grandfather always said superstitions ain't the way. "

Does he ever call to say he loves you?

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By *ofusplusCouple
over a year ago

Limerick


"...Partly because everyone else abhors it "

You're not superstitious at all are you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't sleep with your socks on or the Devil , actual Lucifer , in the Catholic religion, will infact stand at the end of your bed , and if some of you are lucky enough, you might get a poke in the hole.

Socks on

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By *elfastblondMan
over a year ago

Belfast

I always put on my right sock on before putting on any other clothes (obviously only when wearing socks, I don't put it on and take it off if not planning on wearing socks)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"...Partly because everyone else abhors it

You're not superstitious at all are you "

I prefer to call it 'magical thinking'

Like I always go to no 13 checkout... usually a shorter queue

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By *eralt80Man
over a year ago

cork


"Name a Superstition you where told as a child...

"

Some nonsense about throwing salt over your shoulder and something to do with saluting magpies. As you can tell I don’t pay them much heed

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By * la carteCouple
over a year ago

Dublin

When the banshee wails there will be a death in the house...

All good (bad) things come in three's...

Lucky penny if you find one...

Get rained on, on your wedding day is good luck...

Beginner's luck...

Cold hands, warm heart...

Unlucky to have a black cat crossing your path...

4 leafed clover is lucky...

The luck of the Irish...

Don't walk under a ladder...

The magpie's saying...

Breaking a mirror is 7 years bad luck...

Garlic wards off vampires...

Unlucky to see the bride in her wedding dress before the ceremony...

Salt around entrances wards off evil...

Frog in your entrance wards off evil tongues...

Unlucky in game, lucky in love...

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By *risharrowMan
over a year ago

Clare,


"My grandfather always said superstitions ain't the way.

Does he ever call to say he loves you? "

Ya! Do you know him?

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By *ursecretmischiefCouple
over a year ago

The West

People waving at magpies, like where did that start.

That was definitely a joke that got out of hand!!

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By *antra MassageMan
over a year ago

city

There's a fairy Fort beside my house.....

Id never interfere with it.

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By *ummer_XOWoman
over a year ago

Tyrone


"Not to gift your partner shoes or clocks/watches. With shoes - you're telling them to go away and with clocks - you're counting the time till its over.

Not to put a handbag directly on the floor or you'll lose money.

Fun fact:

Opening an umbrella inside a house is considered bad luck because back in the olden days people who were poor often had leaky roofs and had to open their brollies inside not to get rained on (read it on Facebook so must be true lol).

Missus "

all these embedded into us as young children

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My grandfather always said superstitions ain't the way.

Does he ever call to say he loves you?

Ya! Do you know him?"

Oh yes! Isn't he lovely?

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By *ummer_XOWoman
over a year ago

Tyrone

If a bird flies into the house it's a sign of a death

Death always happens in threes

Touch green when you see an ambulance

Always kiss/bless the forehead of a corpse at a wake

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By *ka ..Agent k ..Man
over a year ago

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"When the banshee wails there will be a death in the house...

All good (bad) things come in three's...

Lucky penny if you find one...

Get rained on, on your wedding day is good luck...

Beginner's luck...

Cold hands, warm heart...

Unlucky to have a black cat crossing your path...

4 leafed clover is lucky...

The luck of the Irish...

Don't walk under a ladder...

The magpie's saying...

Breaking a mirror is 7 years bad luck...

Garlic wards off vampires...

Unlucky to see the bride in her wedding dress before the ceremony...

Salt around entrances wards off evil...

Frog in your entrance wards off evil tongues...

Unlucky in game, lucky in love...

"

there was me thinkin a Frog twas a sure sign of wet weather to be

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By *ursecretmischiefCouple
over a year ago

The West

It was good luck if a bird shit on you...apparently

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By *risharrowMan
over a year ago

Clare,


"My grandfather always said superstitions ain't the way.

Does he ever call to say he loves you?

Ya! Do you know him?

Oh yes! Isn't he lovely? "

a sound skin infairness

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By *cottybear74Man
over a year ago

kilkenny

If you cross your eyes too long they get stuck.

Bollox.

Sitting to close to the tele gives you square eye.

Bollox.

Cracking your knuckles gives your arthritis.

Bollox.

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare


"Eat your carrots helps you see in the dark "

Carrots do help improve vision

Full of beta whatsits

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Eat your carrots helps you see in the dark

Carrots do help improve vision

Full of beta whatsits"

Beta carotene! But no, they don't improve eyesight, that was apparently WWII propaganda

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan


"Eat your carrots helps you see in the dark

Carrots do help improve vision

Full of beta whatsits

Beta carotene! But no, they don't improve eyesight, that was apparently WWII propaganda "

It can help your night vision, apparently, which should make it popular around here.

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan

At home we were taught to beware of the following...

A whistling woman.

A crowing hen.

A red haired man, or any woman as the first visitor of the new year.

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By *on Juan the MADridMan
over a year ago

Lisbon/ North England/ Wales/ Madrid/

13th and Tuesday is the most popular superstition in Spain, then a huge list of them…

Black cats, walking under a ladder, salt pouring in the floor, etc, etc and even a shit in the shoe.

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan


"13th and Tuesday is the most popular superstition in Spain, then a huge list of them…

Black cats, walking under a ladder, salt pouring in the floor, etc, etc and even a shit in the shoe. "

The thing about walking under a ladder is one that has probably evolved from personal experience.

Ladders usually have workmen on them, and occasionally they drop things.

Shit in a shoe really doesn't sound like a sensible idea in any fashion

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By *on Juan the MADridMan
over a year ago

Lisbon/ North England/ Wales/ Madrid/


"

Shit in a shoe really doesn't sound like a sensible idea in any fashion "

True, it’s like a consolation if that happens… and bring you good luck

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan


"

Shit in a shoe really doesn't sound like a sensible idea in any fashion

True, it’s like a consolation if that happens… and bring you good luck "

Well it can only get better after that, to be fair.

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare


"Eat your carrots helps you see in the dark

Carrots do help improve vision

Full of beta whatsits

Beta carotene! But no, they don't improve eyesight, that was apparently WWII propaganda "

Everything I read says those beta things do indeed help eyesight.

Have you ever seen a rabbit with glasses?

Apart from bugs in a clever disguise

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