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To ask what superstitions/wives tales do you follow or believe?

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Peanutbutterjelly1 · 24/02/2018 20:27

Mines magpies, 3 drains, no washing on new years day and having a peice of mistletoe hanging all year.

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AveAtqueVale · 24/02/2018 20:45

I don’t open umbrellas indoors and I hate people putting new shoes on the table. I don’t really believe anything bad will happen if I do but I just... don’t.

APontypandyPioneer · 24/02/2018 20:47

Opening umbrellas indoors and walking under ladders. I'm not doing either of them, not sure if it's superstition though or I'm too damn health and safety conscious Hmm

frasier · 24/02/2018 20:48

3 drains?

I don't think I have any superstitions at all, can't think of one.

NoFuckingRoomOnMyBroom · 24/02/2018 20:50

Never cross on the stairs, don't walk under ladders, though this is common sense really, & always pick up pennies off the floor.

NoFuckingRoomOnMyBroom · 24/02/2018 20:51

What is 3 drains? Confused

Tidypidy · 24/02/2018 20:51

If I spill any salt I have to chuck some over my left shoulder to keep the devil from my back. Also don't like new shoes on the table.

StepAwayFromGoogle · 24/02/2018 20:52

Saluting magpies.
Crossing on the stairs.
Shoes on the table.

StepAwayFromGoogle · 24/02/2018 20:53

Oh, @TidyPidy, me too with the salt. And sugar, just in case!

f83mx · 24/02/2018 20:56

wish i could stop saluting bloody magpies - its ridiculous

CatAnnoyance · 24/02/2018 20:58

I have to say 'white rabbits white rabbits white rabbits' when I wake up on the 1st of each month. No idea why Grin

chandlersfraud · 24/02/2018 20:58

None whatsoever

SpringHen · 24/02/2018 21:00

Timely thread. My kids broke a mirror today. I'm trying to talk myself out of burying it cause I'm a fucking grown-up who doesn't believe in this shit (but also can't stop goodmorninging the pissing magpies)

But seven years is a long time.....

Amanduh · 24/02/2018 21:01

Umbrellas, new shoes on the table, salt over the shoulder, magpies, rabbits on the first, crossing on the stairs.

StorminaBcup · 24/02/2018 21:01

Bloody magpies here too. I’m 40 ffs,
I know it’s a load of rubbish.

LockedOutOfMN · 24/02/2018 21:01

Shoes of any kind on the table

Walking under ladders

Breaking a mirror

Peanutbutterjelly1 · 24/02/2018 21:06

Yes when i was a child I was told it was bad luck to walk over 3 drains joined together. It's silly but it stuck... you should see me trying to swerve them with a buggy ha

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Sniv · 24/02/2018 21:09

I don't salute magpies (because it's not traditional where I'm from), but if I see one I can't help but have a good crane round looking to up my magpie quota to at least two.

I feel magpies should organise themselves properly and operate a buddy system at all times.

Cellardoor23 · 24/02/2018 21:10

Mines definitely magpies too. If I see one, I have to say 'hello mr magpie' I know anyone over hearing me might think I'm bat shit, but I don't care Grin

Not splitting a pole with someone your walking with.

lifechangesforeverinjuly · 24/02/2018 21:10

Only step on 2 drains - 4 are ok too because they're an even number but you NEVER step on 1s or 3s!

Also, I won't walk under street signs (where there's a post at either side and sign is across the top)

Kintan · 24/02/2018 21:13

I always make a wish if I look at a clock and it's 11:11. Also I don't walk over 3 drains - I've no idea why!

implantsandaDyson · 24/02/2018 21:14

CatAnnoyance - snap, I've been white rabbiting it for years - my granny told me it was good luck when I was a kid and it stuck Grin. When I was a smoker I would never take third light from a match, even now I don't use the same light for more than two candles. I don't even use matches but I extinguish the lighter thing and then hit the button again Blush

Munrow · 24/02/2018 21:15

An old wives tale in our culture... don't pick dandelions because ghosts pee on them. I found myself telling this to my children without ever really thinking about it properly Hmm I don't believe in ghosts.

Yet when my OH tells me off for opening an umbrella indoors, I get annoyed and tell him he's being ridiculous.

HmmHmmHmm

Because the former is much more believable of course ! Grin

Geepee71 · 24/02/2018 21:15

All of the above, except drains - not heard of that one.
Salt I do both shoulders as can't remember which one it should be.
Avoid cracks in the pavement
Having to turn hard boiled egg shell upside down and bashing it to kill the devil, think this was my mum ensuring we ate all of our boiled egg. She might not have said devil......
Owl, can't have anything with an owl on in the house. Think this is a mis-understood superstition, but I can't get past it.
Eek I'm quite weird.

Kittenswithattitudeandchickens · 24/02/2018 21:16

Don’t wash New Year’s Eve or day, don’t cross on the stairs. Upon seeing a magpie have to say Good morning/afternoon/evening, how’s your wife today, hope your kids are well and spit, don’t actually spit just lick my finger as my mum did!!

Geepee71 · 24/02/2018 21:16

Oh nor the 11.11 one.
Dandelions, but not ghost we

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