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thinking about soap being superstitious. Like he's a handsome, catholic Scottish boy you know? His gran probably whipped that shit into him.
I imagine him like making sure he never gives something sharp to the other guys, always putting it on the ground for them to pick up. He tenses up when his nose itches and gets excited when his palm is itchy, you know?
I think that he would make the other guys do it too, like grabbing Gaz before he steps on/in a fairy circle and slaps Price's new shoes out of his hand before he puts them on the table or bed. He stands guard when Ghost is sniping so nobody steps over him.
I also think that his callsign, which he got because he cleans house so well, is because he has to leave from the door he came in through. He looks for magpies and robins and never picks up lost items on the ground (especially silver things and combs).
He's my silly goose and I bet he's more superstitious than my 80- year old grandmother who lives in Killarney and decided that someone is perpetually talking shit about me because I have a constant, painful ringing in my right ear (It's because my ear canal collapsed and popped my ear drum but ok grandma)
There is an old superstition that owning a cat could help to protect you from evil spirits. This is because it was believed that the Devil had an obsession with counting, and would have to stop upon entering the house and count every hair on the cat's tail before approaching you, but the cat would always play tricks on the Devil and swish its tail or bristle its fur so that he would lose count and keep having to restart, keeping their owner safe from harm.
Turns out it never had anything to do with counting fixations. The Devil in question was just Sebastian Michaelis.
We are all Superstitious is comic that follows the life of two boys and their experiences with small, everyday supernatural beliefs.
If you’re having trouble reading it, you can download it for free on my gumroad!
you know what space travel media is sorely lacking in? superstitions.
don’t give me any bs about future enlightenment eradicating superstition humans are humans and we can barely conceptually handle the sea let alone the Void where there’s far too much room for the mind to wander
Appalachian Folklore, Wives Tales, and Superstitions
Brought to you mostly by my grandparents, but also by my family at large. These are all things I heard growing up in the northern region of Appalachia and wanted to share with y'all. The lore and sayings may vary based on location, family tradition, and other factors, but this is just what I’m sharing from my experiences!
• Give the first pinch of a freshly baked loaf of bread to the Good Men to keep them happy. • Deaths and births always come in threes. • Spin around in a circle three times before you walk in the front door to confuse any spirits that are following you. • Don’t throw your hair out! If a bird builds a nest with it, you’ll have migraines. • “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky at morning, sailor’s warning.” • If the leaves on trees are flipped over with their backsides showing, rain’s coming. • If you hear a dog howl at night, death is coming. • If you’re giving someone a wallet or purse as a present, put money in it to ensure they’ll never financially struggle. • Spirits can’t cross running water. • Cats and dogs won’t enter a room where spirits are present. • Carry an acorn in your pocket for good luck, a penny for prosperity, and a nail for protection. • If you’re having nightmares, put a Bible under your pillow. They’ll go away. • Take a spoonful of honey to keep your words sweet. • Keeping a pot of coffee on ensures a happy home. • It’s bad luck to walk over a grave. • A horseshoe hung above a door ensures good luck. • A horseshoe in the bedroom staves away nightmares. • If your right hand itches, you’ll soon be receiving money. If the left itches, you’ll be paying it. • Wishing on a star works. “Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight.” • When you have a random shiver, someone just walked over your grave. • If smoke from a fire rises, expect clear skies. If it rolls along the ground, expect storms. • Rosemary near the door provides protection. Lavender provides peace. • “A ring around the sun or moon, rain or snow is coming soon.” • Wind chimes and bells keep spirits away. • Seeing a cardinal means unexpected company. • For that matter, so does dropping silverware. • Rubbing a bit of potato on a wart helps it to go away. • If the soles of your feet itch, you will soon walk on strange grounds. • Black eyed peas, greens, and/or pork and sauerkraut should be eaten on New Year’s Day to welcome good luck and good fortune. • Driving a nail into a bedframe or crib will drive away curses. • If your ears are burning, someone’s talking about you. • If you dream of fish, you are or will soon be pregnant. • Listen to the wisdom of children, they see and know more than we think. • To dream of death means birth, to dream of birth means death. • To cure a headache, crush some mint leaves in your hands, cup them over your mouth and nose, and breathe in a few times. It should help. • Placing a fern or ivy on the front porch protects against curses. • In a vegetable garden, never plant the same plants in the same spot two years in a row. Rotate where they are, and you’ll save your soil. (Note: this is a real thing called crop rotation, and is actually kind of important) • A black bird (Raven or crow, doesn’t matter) on the roof or a windowsill is an omen for death. To avoid it, you have to scare it away without using your voice before it caws. • Say a prayer when you pass a coal mine for the lost souls still in the mine. • Thank the land and the Lord with every successful hunt or harvest you have, for nothing is guaranteed.
These are a few of the folklores, wives’ tales, superstitions, and sayings that I’ve heard growing up (and still living in) in Appalachia! I encourage other Appalachian witches, cunning folk, and general inhabitants of the Appalachian region (and just the mountain range at large) to share whatever bits you’ve heard over the years! I just wanted to share a bit with y'all to give you an insight into some Appalachian lore, my own practice, and maybe give you some things to research and incorporate into your own practice! 🌿✨
The Odessa American, Texas, December 12, 1946
I think one of the most disappointing things about warrior cats is that they don’t have any cool or interesting superstitions that don’t just circle around to the warrior code… which is boring.
For example. Has anyone ever noticed that a group of three siblings are usually, like. Doomed, in whole or in part? What I’m saying is that I want dark forest Mapleshade to taunt Leafpool about how Holly, Lion, and Jay are damned from the start because “bad luck comes in threes”.