Superstitions

Title: Superstitions

Written By: Suzanne Lynn-Edmiston

I grew up in a home with an Italian Mother and a French Canadian Father. My Mother had so many superstitions that they became part of my life no matter what I was doing. I also remember even at a very young age that all my Mother's predictions came true or at the very least 95% of them did! So, I paid attention!

It is my belief today, that if you believe a superstition to be true, then it shall be! When you place your absolute knowing on something, you activate the energy inherent in it! So, the more vested in it, you are, the quicker it manifests!  This is the stuff of fears! (At least the negative ones.) Fear is a very powerful magnet! The more you focus on an event or expectation of an outcome ~ with fear, the quicker it manifests!

Here are a few superstitions listed in the Old Farmer's Almanac. See if any of them sound familiar to you!

There are many superstitions and old wives tales' about the house and home.

From our collection of folklore, here are some sayings for good luck in your home. 

• Scatter Solomon's seal on the floor to banish serpents and venomous creatures from the room.

• To protect your house from lightning, gather hazel tree branches on Palm Sunday and keep them in water.

• Add caraway seeds to chicken feed to keep poultry from wandering. Feed the seeds to homing pigeons to help them find their way back.

• Stuff fennel in your keyhole or hang it over your door to protect against witches.

• Never carry a hoe into the house. If you do so by mistake, carry it out again, walking backward to avoid bad luck.

• Never walk under a ladder, which is Satan's territory. If you must do it, cross your fingers or make the sign of the fig (closed fist, with thumb between index and middle fingers).

• If you give a steel blade to a friend, make the recipient pay you a penny to avoid cutting the friendship.

• Never give a knife as a housewarming present, or your new neighbor will become an enemy.

• Never pound a nail after sundown, or you will wake the tree gods.

• Nail an evergreen branch to new rafters to bring good luck. An empty hornets' nest, hung high, also will bring good luck to a house of any age.

• When you move to a new house, always enter first with a loaf of bread and a new broom. Never bring an old broom into the house.

SOURCE: http://www.almanac.com/content/house-and-home-superstitions

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