Superstitions...

[DogLover9501]

These are some superstitions I got from a site...

Pointless I know , but they are so weird, How do people come up with these things!

Animal Superstitions:

*Ladybird (Ladybug)*:

-Landing on you - very good luck
-Landing on your hand - Good weather
-Number of spots - number of happy months ahead
-Direction after it leaves your person - the direction from which your future love will come

*Dogs*

-A dog eating grass - rain
-Meeting a dog - good luck (especially Dalmatians)
-A greyhound with a white spot on its forehead - good fortune
-Being followed by a strange dog - bad luck (especially black dogs)
-The spectral black dog (barguest) - a harbinger of death
-A dog howling for no reason - unseen spirits
-A dog howling three times - A death has occurred

*Cats*

-A kitten born in May - a witches cat
-A black cat crossing your path - good luck (A white cat in USA, Spain and Belgium)
-A black cat seen from behind - a bad omen
-Stray tortoise shell cat - bad omen
-Cats bought with money will never be good mousers
-Cat sneezing once - rain
-Cat sneezing three times - the family will catch a cold
-Killing a cat - sacrificing your soul to the Devil
-Kicking a cat - Rheumatism
-A cat sneezing is a good omen for everyone who hears it.
-It is bad luck to see a white cat at night.
-Dreaming of white cat means good luck
-When you see a one-eyed cat, spit on your thumb, stamp it in the palm of your hand, and make a wish. The wish will come true.
-If a cat washes behind its ears, it will rain.
-A cat sleeping with all four paws tucked under means cold weather ahead.
-It is bad luck to cross a stream carrying a cat.
-A cat on top of a tombstone meant certainly that the soul of the departed buried was possessed by the devil. Two cats seen fighting near a dying person, or on the grave shortly after a funeral, are really the Devil and an Angel fighting for possession.
-To see a white cat on the road is lucky.
-To kill a cat brings seventeen years of bad luck.
-If cats desert a house, illness will always reign there.
-When moving to a new home, always put the cat through the window instead of the door, so that it will not leave.
-When the pupil of a cat's eye broadens, there will be rain.

[Kfamr]

Wow Maria...!?! LOL.. nevermind then.





ACk.. The ones about black dogs makes me mad.

[MariaM]

Wrong thread

[Amber]

I agree about the black dogs. But, those are really odd!

[joanofark]

Interesting

[Pam]

My take on:
-A dog eating grass - rain

A dog eating grass - check your carpets for a *surprise* soon after

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by Pam
My take on:
-A dog eating grass - rain

A dog eating grass - check your carpets for a *surprise* soon after

LOL!!

Or get ready to catch something with newspaper!

[Rio and Me]

I allways thought it was if a black cat cross's your path it was BAD luck?

And a black dog crossing your path was to mean somthing bad will happen to you?

Ky

[BCBlondie]

Originally posted by Rio and Me
I allways thought it was if a black cat cross's your path it was BAD luck?

Ditto... I thought that too.

[sammy101]

i think its when

A black cat walks under you,when your on a ladder
thats bad luck,i guess??

I dont beleive the black cat ones,since i have a black cat,and ive never had bad luck

[carole]

Just for the record folks here in NZ Black cats are considered Good luck, and I think Maybe in UK as well, I have had many Black cats and they are all gorgeous, these silly superstitions are just that SILLY., hey but thanks for sharing , was interesting to read them all.