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David

David Report 26 Aug 2017 08:15


Do you have a superstition ? When I was younger I'd a few.

Now, no longer young I've less.

Since my crippling injury I knock on wood.

Next to my bed is a large desk. It belonged to my late FIL.

Every time I get off my back and stand I knock on wood.

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RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 26 Aug 2017 11:30

Long ago we missed our late train from London to Canterbury so we took the only alternative to Ashford, Kent. Rained like mad, we couldn't hitch a lift. My friend roughed the night in a bus shelter. I found a cute grave with a roof nearby nice n dry. So I slept there just fine.

Who are going to call?

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The Man In the High Castle

Dermot

Dermot Report 26 Aug 2017 20:29

Nobody knows what goes on beyond the grave.

David

David Report 27 Aug 2017 08:26


That's why most of us fear death.

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Barbra

Barbra Report 27 Aug 2017 10:55

Don't think about it x live the here & now &.make your own Heaven or Hell . :-D :-D Barbara ,

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Tipperary. Derby .Moray. ST. Helens. Bladen /.My Eldest Son /

David

David Report 27 Aug 2017 11:47


Thank you Barbara.....makes more sense than irrational fears x

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David

David Report 27 Aug 2017 11:51



I've spent an hour or three in a graveyard looking for my GM's plot.

The only thing that disturbed me was so many blown over tomb stones.

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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 27 Aug 2017 16:41

I don't walk under ladders - not so much a superstition - just don't fancy something dropping from a height on to me!!! :-D :-D

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Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Dermot

Dermot Report 27 Aug 2017 16:51

It was getting dark when I noticed an elderly chap staring intently & pointing at a headstone as I ambled by him through our local cemetery late yesterday evening.

"My name is spelt incorrectly" he declared with a whimper as I hurried my walking pace towards the gate. :-0

David

David Report 27 Aug 2017 16:52


My late Mother was terrified of feathers.

She would rather step into the path of a bus than walk past a pigeon on the pavement.

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Allan

Allan Report 27 Aug 2017 23:52

Not really a superstition, but I always put my left shoe on first :-S

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 28 Aug 2017 08:10

No superstitions here.

Allan, are you left-footed?

Dermot

Dermot Report 28 Aug 2017 08:30

'First Footing'!

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 28 Aug 2017 08:42

Haven't done that for years, Dermie. 'Twas never a big thing where I was born, however it used to be a massive thing where OH was born.

Did you do that?

Mayfield

Mayfield Report 28 Aug 2017 11:02

Touch wood, no I don't! :-D

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Moribus facit homo,

Dermot

Dermot Report 28 Aug 2017 11:16

Ladies & all red headed people were unwelcome 'first Footers'.

I was always barred from this annual activity for ONE of the reasons listed above. :-(

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 28 Aug 2017 11:27

Just realised, when I see a single magpie, I always say 'Hello Mr Magpie, how's Mrs Magpie?'
But that's just being polite :-D :-D

Does anyone still hold their collar or cross their fingers (depends on where you're from), until you see a 4 legged animal, when an ambulance or hearse goes by?

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Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Allan

Allan Report 28 Aug 2017 14:26

Not left footed, nor left handed :-)

David

David Report 28 Aug 2017 15:27

We often have a magpie in our garden, I've nick named it Kevin.

First day of each month my wife says white rabbit

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Leslie

Leslie Report 29 Aug 2017 09:55

I don't think I'm superstitious,, but always put my right sock on first,,or right slipper or shoe..It's always left glove though,,either gardening or going out....LES...

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