What are the most common superstitions from your part of the world ?

most maoris have no idea about their people's culture, history or legends mate

same here

little fella looks pissed

Is Egypt "Masr" in Hindi?

Elders, South American immigrants and muslim immigrants still believe in prophets and gods.

Idk
I am southerner i don't speak Hindi

We call egypt as எகிப்து
It's pronounced as Eyy-geyyy-ph-thu

>breaking a mirror = 7 years bad luck
>walking under a ladder = bad luck (
this plus olive oil / salt on the floor= bad luck

black cat crossing the street=bad things are going to happen

3 colour cat crossing the street= good thing are going to happen

There are a lot of things that are considered bad luck: black cats, walking under stairs, opening umbrellas in the house, pour salt on the ground, keep bread on the table upside down, etc

That school shootings are staged.

I always got barked by dogs whenever I met one, am I a bad person?

I had a romanian gf that believed gypsies could curse you. I told her I'm cursed by all the gypsies of Milan and she was scared kek

Do you own dogs or live close to them? Maybe they just smell another dog

There's a few superstitions around magpies and a nursery rhyme about it
>One for sorrow
>Two for joy,
>Three for a girl,
>Four for a boy,
>Five for silver
>Six for gold
>Seven for a secret left untold.
Stepping on the cracks in the pavement is considered bad luck too, as well as passing on stairway

Fruit/vegetable bag weighs less if you don't tie it shut.

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Christianity being real is the most common one here.

Haha, does someone really believe that?

What ?

Not even gonns make fun of thirdys but who believes in this in the west you should br exiled to Africa
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Portuguese?

We have lots of superstitions.
Like sitting down for a minute or two right before leaving for a journey/travelling is good luck.
Whistling in the house is bad because you'll lose money
You can't greet someone over a doorstep
Also the same ones about broken mirrors, knocking on wood, salt, ladders and black cats. And many more.

>you do not greet or do buisness through the door, the guy has to either come in or you have to come out
>in some houses, if a piece of bread falls onto the floor you're supposed to pick it up and kiss it
honestly dont know why the second one is a thing, my mum's family did that while my dad's family did not

also if you find a coin just laying there
if it's heads up you will receive a lot of money
if it's tails up you will spend a lot of money

The second one has religious roots, bread being the body of Christ and all that.

Because they think air adds weight? That's absurd.

I don't have dog, it just when I met one on Street or passing someone's house who owns dog, it will barks at me.

this are more things considered signs of bad luck:

a feather floating in the air
a nun or worst group of nuns
if someone sweep on your feet you will not marry

One sign of a man being a sorcerer (or Odin, who is a sorcerer too) in Nordic paganism is dogs not barking at him when he enters somebody's lands.

I can't wear hats indoors.

Is it true that southern indians are nibbas?

Same but it's white cat instead of 3 colour

They do tho, they always bark at niggers.