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• Superstitions…

  
  WebGeek Journal — Authority: 117
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• Black Cat - Good Luck or Bad Luck?

  
  Arbitrary Thoughts — Authority: 122
  While I was walking my way to our house, a black cat was following me. At first I didnt know why I was getting weird looks from our neighbors (two old maids) and I kept thinking to myself what was going on when I heard a "meow". I looked behind me and saw a small black cat. The cat just left right after I stepped in ...
  3 days ago

• How to change your boat ’s name without tempting fate

  
  Old Salt Blog - a virtual port of call for all those who love the sea — Authority: 477
  A blog reader asked if there was a ritual associated with renaming a boat to avoid the bad luck which is said to follow such an act.    Here is a somewhat tongue and cheek recommendation on how to change a boat’s name without angering the lords of the sea. How to change your boat ’s name without tempting ...
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• December--Rabbit! Rabbit!

  
  PlumWater Cottage — Authority: 127
  Festive bunnies for the first day of the month...Rabbit, Rabbit! Photo: www.thesoapark.com Currently Reading: Unclutter Your Life in One Week by Erin Rooney Doland
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• 7 Common Gambling Superstitions and their Strange Origins

  
  Topblank — Authority: 166
  7 Common Gambling Superstitions and their Strange Origins
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• New games and other photocopiables November 09 Part Three

  
  TEFLtastic with Alex Case — Authority: 128
  As promised, here are the good ones to make up for the crappy ones in Part Two below. Btw, if something sounds almost what you are looking for but not quite, a good tip I’ve worked out over far too many hours on the internet is to click on the link anyway then to delete just the last part of the URL in your web ...
  5 days ago

• You are in the Philippines if you encounter this. . . !

  
  NoypiTayo — Authority: 434
  These everyday occurrences in our beloved city that constantly make us scratch our (and some of our foreign friends’) heads in bewilderment. 1. When stores in the mall are closed, why are plastic Monobloc chairs chained to their door handles? Do these chairs instill fear in thieves and dissuade them from ...
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• Chinese Wedding Superstitions

  
  EduBook — Authority: 158
  Tradition is everything when it comes to Chinese wedding superstitions. Often, such traditions and wedding superstitions age back hundreds of years and are serious business. Following or acknowledging such superstitions is considered an act of respect to one’s family, culture, and community. In fact, Chinese ...
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• Fuckin eejits

  
  Ghost of Goldwater — Authority: 132
  I dont normally critizise Norwegian affairs on this blog, since most of my readers are Americans, but the development in the Norwegian monarchy these last few weeks has been so appaling I cant keep quiet anymore. The royal princess, Martha Louise is... how should I put this delicately... A stark, raving nutter? No, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bound by tradition

  
  Don't Put All Your Diapers Into One Diaper Bag — Authority: 121
  No matter how enlightened or liberal-minded I feel that I am, I constantly find myself restricted by cultural traditions and practices. Previously, it had to do with me being a bride-to-be and now, its because I am pregnant. Some time back, I was told by a cousin that I couldnt visit her newborn child because it is ...
  2 weeks ago

• 18 Super Superstitious Celebs

  
  Pop Crunch — Authority: 714
  Share Superstitions are beliefs or notions not based on reason or knowledge. They’re usually based on folk stories and old wives tales surrounding luck and fate, and are often tied to spirituality or even psychology. Celebrities are especially known to have superstitions, and this often applies doubly to those who ...
  2 weeks ago

• ... and things that go bump in the night

  
  THE BARKSDALE BUZZ: Behind the Scenes at Barksdale Theatre in Central VA — Authority: 115
  Posted by Bruce MillerTrue story. At least I think it’s true. Sometimes I inadvertently make this stuff up. Someone please help me out if my memories fail to jive with reality.About 30 years ago, right here in River City, an older woman (watch, it will probably turn out that she was in her mid- to late-50s, younger ...
  2 weeks ago

• TMI: The Football Version

  
  There's More to the Story — Authority: 133
  Okay, last night, the Colts played the Patriots. As any reader will know (or even casual reader, because, , first picture in the most recent weekly winners post is a Colts theme , ), I’m a huge Colts fan. So, of course, I watched the game last night. They were playing great. So, I got the idea, let’s put on ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Play That Dare Not Speak Its Name

  
  THE BARKSDALE BUZZ: Behind the Scenes at Barksdale Theatre in Central VA — Authority: 115
  Posted by Bruce MillerOnce you‘ve learned never to wish an actor “good luck” prior to a performance (see the previous post – “Break a Leg!” “Grrrrrrrrrr”), the second most pervasive theatre superstition to wrap your brain around is this: it is very bad luck to speak the name of the character or the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Writers Block: If these walls could talk

  
  VAS Littlecrow Founder's Blog — Authority: 139
  Would you rent or buy the home of your dreams if a brutal murder had taken place there? What if you got to live there rent-free? Would you think twice if neighbors warned you that it was haunted? View 916 Answers Would I? I have! I actually paid money to live there, because it was cheap. It was one of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Freaky Friday Extra: Superstition Is The Way

  
  A Dude's Guide — Authority: 128
  by Richard No, you haven’t entered some sort of time warp and been magically or scientifically transported back in time to those halcyon days of yesterday when it was, in fact, yesterday. Or Friday, whichever you prefer. It’s just that Friday was a significant event and I wanted to talk about it. See, yesterday ...
  3 weeks ago

• Lunar H2O & Superstitions: Friday Night Music Vid

  
  d'Arte Board — Authority: 135
  → Cool Space News ← “I thought this was a blog about art?” Shut up.  Nobody likes a know-it-all.  But here’s something we can all agree on:  Stevie Wonder + Sesame Street = More cool than you can shake a stick at!  I may have posted this vid here before. If so, oh well. It’s good enough to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Break a Leg! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

  
  THE BARKSDALE BUZZ: Behind the Scenes at Barksdale Theatre in Central VA — Authority: 115
  Posted by Bruce MillerHappy Friday the 13th! What better time to begin a series on superstitions in the theatre?There seem to be 10 to 20 irrational but nonetheless traditional beliefs that have bounced around from time to time and stage to stage. There are certainly three that are observed with regularity right here ...
  3 weeks ago

• Superstition

  
  Delirium — Authority: 119
  Get your daily dose of Delirium via Reader or delivered via Email What is superstitions? Well this is what Wiki thinks it is ->Superstition is a credulous belief or notion, not based on reason, knowledge, or experience. The word is often used pejoratively to refer to folk beliefs deemed irrational. This leads ...
  3 weeks ago

• Paraskevidekatriaphobia: Fear of Friday the 13th

  
  Deconlabel — Authority: 442
  Looking for some interesting banter to throw into the conversation with your Friday night date? Paraskevidekatriaphobia may be just the ticket. Paraskevidekatriaphobia is defined as “fear of Friday the 13th.” Today marks the third time this year that there’s been a Friday the 13th.According tyo Wikipedia, the ...
  3 weeks ago

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