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Nocturnal Writer @Nakitakona (59987) • Philippines 30 Dec

Fruits for New Year Chinese and Filipino believe that fruits may bring them goodluck for the new year. I don't know how is this kind of belief. When they were alive, my parents didn't practice this. I had never seen any fruits...

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Persistently hooting owl: Bad omen?

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 20 Dec

Beliefs and superstitions are common in almost every society. Inasmuch as religion and science try to dispel their existence, beliefs and superstitions seem to stick fast onto people and they keep being passed down from...

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INSECTS THAT PREDICT VISITORS

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 3 Sep

There are superstitions that cannot be ignored in our community and most other communities here in western Kenya. For instance, when the upper eyelid shakes, it implies good luck. If the lower one shakes it implies bad omen....

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superstitious people in Mozambique target bald head men

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1744) 1 Jul

The level of superstitions in many parts of the world, especially in Africa can be alarming. In Mozambique, bald men are now being targeted because some people believe they have traces of gold in their head. This is similar to...

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Im wondering why our neighbor's dogs howl during this time

Patricia Ocampo @iKONICNoona (4403) • Philippines 22 Jan 25

I'm not into superstitious beliefs at times but I believe some. I am aware that dogs howl because its either they are bored or want something. Boredom in dogs as I have known passes once their energy is used up and that is why...

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Strange and Silly Thoughts

Ms.Chelle @Chellezhere (6421) • United States 30 Jun 24

Scrolling through my Facebook feed this morning, I saw the following: "What's the strangest thing you believed as a kid." I can't remember much of what I did or did not believe in the 1970s, but I remember one silly thing that...

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Sense of Self

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 12 Nov 23

They claimed that living overseas encouraged individuals to reflect on their principles and determine what matters to them rather than blindly accepting the beliefs of their friends and family. This is what I went through during...

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A Lovely Visitor

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 23 Oct 23

It has been almost the whole day since I had this lovely visitor. The butterfly is accompanying me while teaching online. In my country, some old folks believed that having a butterfly in the house meant a deceased loved one was...

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Beliefs

Eli The Guard @DevMrSamEleazar (14164) • Philippines 29 Nov 22

Hello friends! So do you have beliefs? so I am 100% sure most of filipino mylotters will know this belief as it is so common here in philippines. so here in the philippines some families believe that if you [b]Sweep at the...

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I was watching a documentary about Big Foot.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 4 Apr 22

Do you believe in Big Foot ( Sasquatch )? I almost do. So many weird things happen that we don´t know about. I have heard every now and then that yet another new bird, mammal or lizard has been discovered in places where men...

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Your beliefs don't make you a better person, your behaviour does!!

Rashna Gandhi @Rashnag (30597) • Surat, India 29 Mar 22

Hi guys, Hope you all are doing good. I am doing good too. I came across this beautiful quote so thought to share it here. Many a times in life, our beliefs doesn't make us a better person,...

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New Year preparation and superstitious beliefs from elders

Patricia Ocampo @iKONICNoona (4403) • Philippines 30 Dec 21

Hi there everyone ! I was a bit busy these days because of some errands for the coming holiday and New Year simple celebration. It has always been our practice to clean the house or parts of the house everyday. But...

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CHILD AGE BELIEFS

Josh @Joshael (294) • Nigeria 6 Dec 21

Now growing up back then, I could remember being told not to pick stuffs ranging from meat, candies and snacks mostly anything edible once it touches the floor. Being from a religious home contributed to my fear of that belief as...

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Karma!

Josh @Joshael (294) • Nigeria 29 Nov 21

So we all have our perceptions on what karma is and if its real or not. For me, I do believe karma is real. As they say, "what goes around, comes around" more like a circle,you tend to start at a point and end back at that same...

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Peace Inside

Junbals @Junbals (1421) • Philippines 20 Nov 21

We humans find it always hard to live with contradiction. It is tough to think in one way and then behave in another. Like the married man who tells his wife he is madly in love with her then goes to bed with another woman that...

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Just Wondering??? Care To Share- #1

DB @dgobucks226 (37621) 28 Oct 21

How people behave, their likes and dislikes, or the way they handle certain situations can be interesting, fun, and even strange. We all have our own way of doing things and we make decisions based on our belief systems or what...

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Question: "What can happen if you have too much of something?"

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 14 Sep 21

When I was a young kid, my granny always tells us not to feel so happy. For it will result in having the opposite thing to happen. Personally, I always contradict the old beliefs because there is no basis at all. In the modern...

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"They hated Me without reason."

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 3 Sep 21

I got hurt emotionally. I've been trying to heal my self with meditative music and hot honeyed tea. What happened? I flagged a classmate for spreading a faulty belief about the faith. Of course, I did it quite objectively:...

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The Rising of the sun(SON)

Philip Low @crobyghost (178) • United States 5 Feb 21

As a new day starts here in Minnesota I open my eyes and think of how the sun seems to creep up on the horizon and then it seems to shoot across the sky and then crawl into its abis on the other side only a few hours later. Like a...

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Before or After Birthday

[eds] @ZedSmart (19839) • Philippines 19 Dec 20

I've always heard people say that a person will die on days not far from his or her birthday. I'm not sure if this has connection to the belief but there were people known to me had their death coincided. Death is inevitable but...

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