I was just doing a software install on someone's computer who's had tricky permissions issues before and I actually crossed my fingers. (It worked, too! XD)
I used to have to do all my homework for math classes with the same pencil, and use that pencil to take the test. Once I couldn't find it and it freaked me out enough that I dropped a letter grade on the test. I solved the issue by purchasing a giant pack of identical mechanical pencils :)
Usually /good/ things happen to me/mine on the 13th. For example; if my memory serves me; it was a Friday 13th that I "met" Jon for the first time (albeit on the internet). Right after my gramma died. 9.9;
If an eyelash falls off, balance it on the back of your hand, make a wish, and blow it off. If it comes off (sometimes they stick) your wish comes true.
The first version I came across - from reading somewhere - was to put the eyelash on the back of your hand, then with the other hand make a fist and strike (upwards) the palm of the eyelash-balancing hand, and if it came off the wish would be granted.
Then I came across your version and immediately switched, as the chances of it coming off were much greater. :)
Saying "rabbit rabbit rabbit" first thing before you say anything else aloud on the first day of a new month will bring good luck that month.
I picked this up in elementary school from reading the Baby-Sitters Club Little Sister books by Ann M. Martin, which I realized even at the time was a silly place to pick up superstitions. But I still do it when I remember. More often I'll realize too late "Damn! It's been November 1 for an hour and a half and I've been talking the whole time!"
If I talk about something "devoutly to be wished for" I search for the nearest wood-like surface - in case of doubt my forehead - and knock on it, so as not to jinx the eventual fulfilment of the wish.
Friday, Oct. 13, 1307 - the Templar Purge. King Philip the Fair, indebted up to his ballsack to the warrior monks, had every Templar arrested in one night - what came to be known as unlucky Friday the 13th.
The metrosexual on the throne had leveled charges against the Army of Almighty God, including heresy, sodomy, simony, witchcraft, devil worship, kicking puppies and smoking crack in the rectory. But what's so badass is the curse Jaques de Molay bestowed upon Philip, as he was burning at the stake: "If I am a righteous man, you will join me within a year."
And he did. So, Friday the 13th may be unlucky, but every other day is pretty badass.
I rely a lot on intuition when making choices. I don't know if it's superstitious or not but I have been known to retrace my steps to go around an object another way if it feels 'off' to me the way I did it the first time. I also won't pass through a doorway I feel stronly negative about. When I select objects one will usually seem more 'right' to me than the others.
Otherwise, I pray every night before bed, knock on wood, and I intensely dislike mirrors but at least I can sleep with one in the room these days. XD
I have to warn people not to get abducted by aliens before they go to bed. I started doing this fairly sincerely when I was little and had been permitted to watch a lot of X-Files. I'm not sure what I mean when I say it now. I also still sometimes feel compelled to warn people not to wreck their car, which I started around the same time - I don't remember who wrecked to make me scared about this.
My dad is convinced he'll have a bad day if he starts but doesn't finish the Jumble (a word puzzle in the comics section of the paper), thinks it means something bad's going to happen if there are multiple crows hanging around the house, and didn't want my little sister driving today.
If I forget to tell my parents I love them before leaving on Mondays (I return from school every Friday for the weekend) I am convinced that some horrible calamity will befall one of us and somebody will die.
I also do the 'rabbit rabbit' things on the first of the month (when I remember, anyway) and knock on wood whenever I say something unlucky or have an unlucky thought.
I was expecting everything at work to collapse in spectacular failure, and it didn't. However it did that at work and in life the rest of the week so today *was* kind of the opposite of the norm, LOL.
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Magical thinking is so awesome.
Lucky, Don sleeps through this ritual every morning.
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However, I have an absurd amount of superstitions and rituals (like counting stairs or washing my hands) and I dare not even begin to go into them.
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If I bring an umbrella along on an expedition, I won't need it.
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I think I might have gotten that from my mom.
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Then I came across your version and immediately switched, as the chances of it coming off were much greater. :)
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I picked this up in elementary school from reading the Baby-Sitters Club Little Sister books by Ann M. Martin, which I realized even at the time was a silly place to pick up superstitions. But I still do it when I remember. More often I'll realize too late "Damn! It's been November 1 for an hour and a half and I've been talking the whole time!"
I'm a knock on wood person
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The metrosexual on the throne had leveled charges against the Army of Almighty God, including heresy, sodomy, simony, witchcraft, devil worship, kicking puppies and smoking crack in the rectory. But what's so badass is the curse Jaques de Molay bestowed upon Philip, as he was burning at the stake: "If I am a righteous man, you will join me within a year."
And he did. So, Friday the 13th may be unlucky, but every other day is pretty badass.
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Otherwise, I pray every night before bed, knock on wood, and I intensely dislike mirrors but at least I can sleep with one in the room these days.
XD
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My dad is convinced he'll have a bad day if he starts but doesn't finish the Jumble (a word puzzle in the comics section of the paper), thinks it means something bad's going to happen if there are multiple crows hanging around the house, and didn't want my little sister driving today.
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I also do the 'rabbit rabbit' things on the first of the month (when I remember, anyway) and knock on wood whenever I say something unlucky or have an unlucky thought.
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