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  • Maverick44

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    My grandfather was very superstitious. He once had a black cat walk in front of him when he was riding his bike as a kid. The front wheel of his bike fell off.

    Lots of stupidstitions out there, I have probably broken dozens either intentionally or unknowingly. Still here.

    I even walk under ladders all the time.

    I think the ladder thing was less superstition, and more about safety since falling objects are not uncommon.
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    Sasquatch

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    This was a new one on me, never heard of it.

    "There is a folklore superstition regarding the giving of a knife as a gift. If the knife is given to a friend, money must be exchanged as well. It is considered very bad luck to give someone a knife without exchanging money or the friendship will be cut by the knife. Because of this superstition, it is common that the gift of a knife will be given along with a penny, nickel or dime in the box with the knife so that the recipient can give back the coin, thereby saving the friendship from being severed by the giving of the sharp blade. The exact background of this superstition is unclear yet; even today most people will include a coin with the gift of a knife and request the coin be given back. The apparent view is that it is far better to be safe than sorry."

    Do you know of any odd superstitions?

    I'd never heard that - but now that its mentioned, this very thing happened to me. One of my closest friends whom I'd considered a brother from middle school till our late 20s pretty much fell out of my life not long after my wife & I got married, which was a few months after he and his wife got married. He's a martial artist like myself, but he's not real big on guns but we took some knife fighting classes together - I gave him a KaBar as a wedding present.

    One of the weird superstitions I learned as a kid - you don't rename a boat. If you rename a boat, bad luck follows it.
     

    jordanmills

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    If all the cows are lying down, the fish aren't biting.
    That's not superstition, that's just experienced observation. If the cows are laying down, it's getting on to afternoon, when the water is getting warm and low in oxygen. The fish aren't usually going to bother biting then.
     

    jordanmills

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    Nobody dies in 3's. Handing an open knife back closed doesn't mean chit. It's all nonsense in my book.
    That's just a basic safety thing that turned into a stupid-stition. There's less chance of accident or missing a handoff if something changes hands the same way every time it changes hands.
     

    RedArmy

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    Don't leave your boots at the foot of the bed or you'll have nightmares. Old Mexican superstition. I remember being told this by a friend as a kid. Did it once and had nightmares, no joke, lol. Never heard the one about the knife.
     

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    If you hear an owl hoot at night, get up and turn your shoes over or someone will die.

    Maybe it scares the 'rona away?
     

    Maverick44

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    Don't leave your boots at the foot of the bed or you'll have nightmares. Old Mexican superstition. I remember being told this by a friend as a kid. Did it once and had nightmares, no joke, lol. Never heard the one about the knife.

    That's one I haven't heard before. I always keep my boots tucked under the foot of my bed. I'm the kind of person who cannot ever remember their dreams (it's VERY rare that I do), so maybe it's happening and I just forget.
     

    Glenn B

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    The exact background of this superstition is unclear yet; even today most people will include a coin with the gift of a knife and request the coin be given back.
    Most people??????????????? I have been given plenty of knives, never once given money with the gift of a knife. Been getting knives as gifts from back when my great-grandfather gave me my first gifted one when I was a young lad. Sure, he gave me money too but not with the many knives he gave me. Never cut our friendship. I've given many knives as gifts over the years, never gave money with them either, never cut a friendship but maybe a finger to bond as blood brothers when I was in grammar school back in the 60s. I don't know anyone personally who carries out that particular superstition.
     

    Texasjack

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    I've seen a lot of folks give a penny whenever they were gifted something sharp - knife, saw, etc.

    My ex was the queen of superstition. She carried garlic in her pocket on plane trips as protection. When we were selling our house, she went out and buried a statue of Joseph (as in Mary and Joseph) from a manger scene we used to put out at Christmas. She buried him upside down and facing away from the house, as that was supposed to make it sell. She wanted me to dig him up, but we never did find him. Her father was pretty successful at hunting, but he would never shave or get a haircut around deer season. He claimed the deer could smell cut hair. There was also something about putting a piece of wedding cake under your pillow and sleeping on it that would result in you getting married.

    I guess one superstition I have is not sitting in a restaurant with the entrance behind me. That's how old Wild Bill Hickok got shot.
     
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