Are you superstitious?
By sharra1
@sharra1 (6340)
Australia
October 11, 2008 9:48pm CST
Do you touch wood to avoid bad luck? I know that science tells us that there is nothing to these things but somehow there seems to be a part of human nature to be concerned about the bumps in the night and the noises you cannot find any reason for.
So tell me are you superstitious?
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@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
12 Oct 08
No I am not superstitious. I do make the sign of the cross before driving. But I don't consider that as a superstition.
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@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
14 Oct 08
I do not think that making the sign of a cross is a superstition so I think you are fine. I am thinking of practices that survive from the past like knocking on wood, throwing salt over the left shoulder etc. Many people do them without really understanding why or where they come from or what they mean.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
12 Oct 08
I am not a superstitious person. While I don't believe in superstitions, it is amazing the little things I do out of habbit just from growing up around superstitious people. 
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@thebeaddoodler (4262)
• Lubbock, Texas
12 Oct 08
I think everybody has a bit of superstition about them. We grow up hearing these things, knock on wood, throw salt over your left shoulder. Mostly we laugh when we do these things, but we still do them so there must be some part of our mind that believes in the sayings.
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@glords (2614)
• United States
12 Oct 08
I don't believe in superstitions but it makes life more fun to Knock on Wood and Throw Salt over your shoulder. I guess I do them more as a game or tradition than a belief. Its like playing make-believe as an adult. Sometimes its fun to pretend there is some magic in the world.
