if you’re very superstitious and the
writing’s on the wall and even if you’re
not and it isn’t then welcome to
watchmojo.com –nt we’re counting down
the five most fascinating things that
you probably didn’t know about
superstition
number five the most superstitious
Americans are young female Christian
Democrats surveys tell us that around
one in four Americans can be described
as superstitious as much as 50 percent
of women admit to being superstitious to
at least some degree and that’s far more
than men do Christians consider
themselves more superstitious than
atheists and Democrats are statistically
more so than Republicans finally the
proportion of people admitting to
superstition also declines with age so
statistically if you’re young
church-going female fan of Barack Obama
chances are you dodge the cracks in the
sidewalk on your way to work today and
you’ve probably picked up that penny
just for luck right number four with
great power comes great superstition
somewhat worryingly some major
historical figures were faithfully
superstitious Napoleon Bonaparte
regularly consulted a clairvoyant for
guidance and placed massive importance
on the content of his own dreams Queen
Elizabeth the first also employed a
magician who she often met with to make
important governmental decisions in more
modern times sports stars have taken up
the superstitious mantle basketball
legend Michael Jordan reportedly were
the same College shorts under his actual
kit throughout his career hockey legend
Patrick wah preferred stepping and not
skating over the red and blue lines and
golfing great Tiger Woods always wears a
red shirt during a Sunday round he’d
hate to get a hole in one of those it’s
so funny I forgot to laugh
number three Italy spends a lot of money
on astrology
Italy’s an incredibly superstitious
country and when the credit crunch was
at its crunchiest circa 2010 the nation
was shelling out over 7.5 billion
dollars on fortune tellers and
astrologists I guess they hoped that
their trusted professional mystic could
give them sound investment advice to be
fair to Italy though there are lots of
quirky superstitions all over the world
in South Korea it’s widely believed that
falling asleep with a fan running will
kill you in Syria yo-yos are a no-no
because it’s believed that they’ll bring
drought
turkish superstitions forbid all sorts
of things done at night don’t clip your
toenails don’t kill spiders don’t count
stars and if you chew gum after midnight
it will turn into rotten flesh number
two black cats used to bring good luck
Maggie your black hat is crossing my
path oh not good
one of the world’s most widely known
superstitions however is that black cats
bring bad luck but it hasn’t always been
the case their association with
witchcraft in North America and Europe
dates back to the Middle Ages but for
sailors and pirates black cat on board
is usually considered an omen of good
fortune King Charles the first of
England also believed in black cats
power as upon the death of his own he
lamented his loss of luck along with it
and he was then arrested for treason the
very next day in ancient Egypt also
where cats in general were idolized the
black cat was especially associated with
the goddess Bastet and Egyptians
practically prayed that one would cross
their paths one day
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number one Friday the 13th is bad for
business well he picked the right day to
pull this shit I mean happy Friday the
13th unlucky for some and viewed
unfavorably by most Friday the 13th
occurs on average once every two hundred
and twelve point three five days but
regardless of where you stand in terms
of superstition one thing is for certain
it’s a supremely unlucky day for
businesses with around 19 million
Americans affected by a fear of Friday
the 13th stats show that many choose to
lock the doors and stay home whenever
the date rolls by meaning that much much
less money is made elsewhere the totally
legitimate looking stress management in
phobia Institute estimates the overall
loss to be as high as nine hundred
million dollars on every offending
Friday
Oh a little pokey but things are gonna
pick up I am so sorry
so which superstitions do you abide by
until next time don’t smash mirrors do
carry horseshoes and don’t blame us for
your bad luck that’s just a silly
superstition for more magically inspired
top 10s and astrologically admired top
fives be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com the curse is just a lot of
silly superstition right Lisa c2 means
yes
you
writing’s on the wall and even if you’re
not and it isn’t then welcome to
watchmojo.com –nt we’re counting down
the five most fascinating things that
you probably didn’t know about
superstition
number five the most superstitious
Americans are young female Christian
Democrats surveys tell us that around
one in four Americans can be described
as superstitious as much as 50 percent
of women admit to being superstitious to
at least some degree and that’s far more
than men do Christians consider
themselves more superstitious than
atheists and Democrats are statistically
more so than Republicans finally the
proportion of people admitting to
superstition also declines with age so
statistically if you’re young
church-going female fan of Barack Obama
chances are you dodge the cracks in the
sidewalk on your way to work today and
you’ve probably picked up that penny
just for luck right number four with
great power comes great superstition
somewhat worryingly some major
historical figures were faithfully
superstitious Napoleon Bonaparte
regularly consulted a clairvoyant for
guidance and placed massive importance
on the content of his own dreams Queen
Elizabeth the first also employed a
magician who she often met with to make
important governmental decisions in more
modern times sports stars have taken up
the superstitious mantle basketball
legend Michael Jordan reportedly were
the same College shorts under his actual
kit throughout his career hockey legend
Patrick wah preferred stepping and not
skating over the red and blue lines and
golfing great Tiger Woods always wears a
red shirt during a Sunday round he’d
hate to get a hole in one of those it’s
so funny I forgot to laugh
number three Italy spends a lot of money
on astrology
Italy’s an incredibly superstitious
country and when the credit crunch was
at its crunchiest circa 2010 the nation
was shelling out over 7.5 billion
dollars on fortune tellers and
astrologists I guess they hoped that
their trusted professional mystic could
give them sound investment advice to be
fair to Italy though there are lots of
quirky superstitions all over the world
in South Korea it’s widely believed that
falling asleep with a fan running will
kill you in Syria yo-yos are a no-no
because it’s believed that they’ll bring
drought
turkish superstitions forbid all sorts
of things done at night don’t clip your
toenails don’t kill spiders don’t count
stars and if you chew gum after midnight
it will turn into rotten flesh number
two black cats used to bring good luck
Maggie your black hat is crossing my
path oh not good
one of the world’s most widely known
superstitions however is that black cats
bring bad luck but it hasn’t always been
the case their association with
witchcraft in North America and Europe
dates back to the Middle Ages but for
sailors and pirates black cat on board
is usually considered an omen of good
fortune King Charles the first of
England also believed in black cats
power as upon the death of his own he
lamented his loss of luck along with it
and he was then arrested for treason the
very next day in ancient Egypt also
where cats in general were idolized the
black cat was especially associated with
the goddess Bastet and Egyptians
practically prayed that one would cross
their paths one day
your passions cafe
number one Friday the 13th is bad for
business well he picked the right day to
pull this shit I mean happy Friday the
13th unlucky for some and viewed
unfavorably by most Friday the 13th
occurs on average once every two hundred
and twelve point three five days but
regardless of where you stand in terms
of superstition one thing is for certain
it’s a supremely unlucky day for
businesses with around 19 million
Americans affected by a fear of Friday
the 13th stats show that many choose to
lock the doors and stay home whenever
the date rolls by meaning that much much
less money is made elsewhere the totally
legitimate looking stress management in
phobia Institute estimates the overall
loss to be as high as nine hundred
million dollars on every offending
Friday
Oh a little pokey but things are gonna
pick up I am so sorry
so which superstitions do you abide by
until next time don’t smash mirrors do
carry horseshoes and don’t blame us for
your bad luck that’s just a silly
superstition for more magically inspired
top 10s and astrologically admired top
fives be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com the curse is just a lot of
silly superstition right Lisa c2 means
yes
you
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