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

[Peanutbutterjelly1]

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

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.

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

3 drains?

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

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

What is 3 drains?

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.

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

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

wish i could stop saluting bloody magpies - its ridiculous

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

None whatsoever

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.....

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

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

Shoes of any kind on the table

Walking under ladders

Breaking a mirror

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

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.

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

Not splitting a pole with someone your walking with.

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)

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!

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 . 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

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 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.

Because the former is much more believable of course !

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.

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!!

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