Superstitions

tiffanylynnt · October 26, 2011, 09:21:52 PM

When I first learned it, I did it just for fun (I never really believed it). Now it has turned into a habit, and I guess I do it in memory of my grandma. Everytime I feel the penny in my shoe, I think of her so I guess its more of a sentimental thing than a superstition.

How-doFolks · October 27, 2011, 06:05:58 AM

DollarCityBoy -- my wife does the "bread & butter" thing too.

Avalanche04 · October 27, 2011, 07:27:48 AM

dollar city boy thank you!! my grandmother would always say that. (bread&butter) correct me if I'm wrong please but the reason you would say that too eachother was too prevent and argument or ill feelings? wow that brought back a lot of awesome memories of her, god rest her soul!

rubedugans · October 27, 2011, 09:46:12 AM

I have enough OCD issues , if I continue reading this thread, I will end up developing more habits!

Avalanche04 · October 27, 2011, 10:08:45 AM

lol rube.

sanddunerider · October 27, 2011, 10:14:29 AM

Grand parents.. ?? they were the best werent they? Lots of great memories there..

Avalanche04 · October 27, 2011, 10:35:28 AM

yes they were!! and i miss them dearly and they have been gone now for 8/10 years. but i know they are with god and having the time of there afterlife

tiffanylynnt · October 27, 2011, 01:18:04 PM

I only have 1 grandparent left and she's so stubborn, God's gonna have to do a lot of persuading to get her to go when her time is called!

My other grandma (my dad's mom) has been gone since Dec. 27, 2007. She would call me at least twice a week because she thought living an hour away from each other was too far! Sometimes when my phone rings, there's a split second where I think it's gonna be her. She grew up in the Ozarks, very back-woodsy and I'm sure she could of told you a lot of superstitions she grew up with! The penny thing is really the only thing I remember every detail of. She also did the "salt over the shoulder thing" and I remember she had horsehoes hanging around the house.

MissinTheGreenTrams · October 27, 2011, 03:16:15 PM

I have a professor who has a horseshoe dangling from the top of the door with a bandaid taped to the wall beside the door in case it should fall and crack open your head. Which would fall under the catergory of bad luck, wich is everything the horseshoe is against.