Thread: Local Superstitions

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Heres a couple of my mothers favorites. If a bird flys inside of your house, someone is going to die. The second one is that people die in threes, meaning that if yoyu hear of one death, you will shortly hear of two more.

This raises many questions for me. Does that mean that if a bird flies into your house you should be expecting two more in the near future? What if your house is an aviary? What should you expect to fly into your house if someone dies of a bird-related accident or disease? If a hummingbird flies into your house backwards, does that mean someone will come back from the dead?

James.

I dunno, Ill have to ask mom.

I am married to a woman of Polish-Irish descent (Catholic too, none-the-less) and she brings with her many superstitions.

Two come to mind (I hope I get this right),

1.) If you rock a rocking chair without anyone sitting in it, someone will die.

2.) If you put your shoes on the bed, those shoes will shrink.

Go figure