highlander
02-Oct-04, 20:37
Lighting more than two cigarettes with the same match: The belief in the second world war was that if you were under threat from a sniper, on the first cigarette he would know where you were, on the second he would aim at you-and whoever had his cigarette lit third would be shot.
Putting new shoes on the table:legend has it that a memeber of your family would die if you did this.The superstition comes from the time when a bereaved family would lay a corpse-complete with the new outfit on the table in a mourning ritual.
Walking Under Ladders:This was rooted in the christian belief that the holy trinity, including the shape of a triangle, should not be violated,also, a leaning ladder was thought to resemble the gallows.
Putting new shoes on the table:legend has it that a memeber of your family would die if you did this.The superstition comes from the time when a bereaved family would lay a corpse-complete with the new outfit on the table in a mourning ritual.
Walking Under Ladders:This was rooted in the christian belief that the holy trinity, including the shape of a triangle, should not be violated,also, a leaning ladder was thought to resemble the gallows.