Greetings Shatha, I apologize for the late reply I was very disappointed with the admin’s reply in one the participation in “play with us” which kinda got me not want to write anything at the time! you can go and check it out yourself and tell me what you think about it, I liked your subject a lot on superstitions and it is not boring so I decided to add more about it as shown below. God bless you and thanx again
The definition of superstition
Superstition ( Latin superstitio, literally "standing over"; derived perhaps from standing in awe. Used in Latin as a unreasonable or excessive belief in fear or magic, especially foreign or fantastical ideas, and thus came to mean a "cult" in the Roman empire) is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge. The word is often used pejoratively to refer to supposedly irrational beliefs of others, and its precise meaning is therefore subjective. It is commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck, prophecy and spiritual beings
In the theater, it is bad luck to wish someone "Good luck." Instead, you are to say "Break a leg
Uttering the word "Macbeth" in a theater is said to bring bad luck, unless performing the show. It is commonly referred to as "The Scottish Play." The play is supposedly cursed
Whistling in a theater is bad luck. The most plausible explanation is that in early theater, the flyspace was operated using an advanced system of whistles, and nonchalant whistling may cue a tech person to do their cue too early and screw up the performance
The green room should never be painted green
Seeing a peacock in or near a theater is bad luck. Peacocks were once believed to possess the "evil eye" in their tails
Most bad luck in theater can be expelled by having the person responsible turn around themselves to the right three times, then spitting or farting
The superstitious symbolism of a black cat crossing one's path is dependent upon culture: some cultures consider this a sign of impending bad luck, while some cultures consider this a sign of impending good luck
Breaking a mirror is said to bring bad luck for 7 years. To "undo" this, take the shards of glass and bury them underneath the moonlight. In ancient times, the mirror was said to be a window to the viewer's soul. If that mirror were to break, it would take time (or 7 years) for that 'cracked' soul to heal as 'time heals all wounds
Placing a hat on the bed is, apparently, bad luck. (South Carolina
Placing keys on a table is considered unlucky. (Sweden
Collect seven or nine different flowers on midsummer eve and place them under your pillow and it is said that you will dream of your future spouse. (Sweden
Before traveling a person should, apparently, sit on their luggage. (Russian)
Once a wedding ring has been placed on the finger, it is considered bad luck to remove it
Triskaidekaphobia--In western culture, the number 13 is perceived as unlucky; 12a is sometimes used as a substitute and some buildings skip floor 13 completely
Tetraphobia is widespread in China, Japan, Korea, and Hawaii; the use of number 4 is minimized or avoided wherever possible because the Chinese word for 4, si, sounds -----nearly the same as the word for death, si. Mobile telephone numbers with 4 in them sell for less and some buildings even skip level four, labeling it the 5th floor instead. One of the Japanese words for 4, shi, is also homonymous with the kanji in the word for death, shi or shin. (However, there is another word for four in Japan that does not sound like death: yon.) In Korea, number '4' is pronounced as sa and is homonymous with death. Some, but not all, Korean buildings have the fourth floor written as 'F' floor .