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Blyth correspondent
superstitious?
By Kathy Bromley
BLYTH - Have you ever stopped to
wonder if you are superstitious? What are
superstitions? The dictionary defines
superstitions as "any unreasonable belief
originating from absurd feelings, especially
of fear, and marked by a trust in charms,
omens, the supernatural, etc."
One of the biggest superstitions has crept
up on us, and past again -Friday 13. For
some, if anything was to ever go wrong, rest
assured, it would occur on Friday 13! At the
Bromley residence, it was no different than
any other typical day. It had its ups and
downs of course. The bills came, as they
always manage to do, regardless of the
date. Dishes break all of the time, (but not
usually my Corningware.) The dogs often
get loose, the kids come close to being late
for school being as the alarm failed to go off
— wait a minute, maybe there is some truth
to it.
I'm not superstitious, or am 1?
Just because my right palm was itchy,
surely that was no reason for the arrival of
the unexpected cheque in the . mail. Or,
whenever I find a penny, and I find
numerous ones, I don't pick it up for good
luck, do I? No, it must be because I was
brought up to believe that a penny saved is a
penny earned!
Or, whenhaving a cup of tea •and I find
that there are bubbles in the centre of the
cup, why is 'it that I run and grab the first
spoon I see and scoop them up? Goodness,
this is getting more serious than I realized!
What about when my girl friend and I go for
a ' walk and each of us goes around an
obstacle taking a different route, I've got
now that in order to keep something from
coming between us, as the obstacle seemed
to signify, one of us will back track! That's
one step further in assuring nothing will
come between us! But I'm not superstitious,
nah!
Now there are some' things that I do
believe are bad luck and rightly so! For in-
stance, what about when a black cat crosses,
your path? I can just about "smell" a
disaster about to occur, especially when the
black cat has a white stripe down its back!
Again, I can see bad luck arising when you
walk under a ladder, right before it and the m
man standing at the top, came tumbling
down! I'm sure that you would be seeing
stars!
Stars, who mentioned that,? I though "fall-
ing" stars were to be a time for you to make
a wish and supposedly, it would come true.
This would be the time that I would be
wishing I wasn't standing where I was.
Let's not forget the belief in carrying a
rabbits foot around with you for good luck. I
don't know what kind of luck you would be
experiencing, but it sure wasn't anything
short of bad fuck for the poor little rabbit!
It is also believed that if your ears are
ringing, then someone is automatically talk-
ing about you. Then again, forgetting that
you had stuck the telephone under your
pillow last night while trying to get some
sleep, may be a very important factor that
you overlooked.
I can think of a few forms of bad luck, that
are not necessarily superstitions. What
about driving down the wrong side of the
highway, in a one way zone? How about
standing under a tree, only to find the
lumberjack yell timber, and he's standing
on the other side! Or, for some people who
are fortunate enough to have their own
yachts, after having thrown the anchor over
the side, come to the startling realization
that part of the rope or chain is caught
aroundtheir leg!
Last, but not least, you are going over the
top of a hill, you put on the brakes to ease the
vehicle down into the valley. It is then that
you remember as you are pumping fran-
tically, that the reason for being out in the
first place was to take the car to the shop —
thel brakes are shot! Oh well, go in style on
the back of the wrecker!
Isn't it also bad luck to hold your breath
for 10 minutes?
Horoscopes are also followed closely.
Many people rush out to get the daily paper
just to see what kind of day lies ahead for
them. They then go on believing that
anything that happens is related to their
horoscope.
But the horoscopes are very brief. It
doesn't go into very much detail or descrip-
tion. For example, one day last week, mine
had stated that an unexpected visitor was to
appear that day. Sure enough, a door -to -
'door salesman was in trying to sell me skin-
care products. Well, I must admit, he was a
visitor, and he was unexpected.
Then again, anyone who came thatday
and had not notified me beforehand was
classified as such. For Friday, my
horoscope stated that any ideas that I might
have, I should follow up on. This seemed like
logical advice, for as I continued to'read it, I
still hadn't come up with an idea for a topic
this week. ' Almost simultaneously,
superstitions were being mentioned on the
radio, being as it was Friday 13. Then,
something clicked and I' began scribbling.
Myright index finger was. itchy. Was this an
indication that I was about to do a lot of
writing?
I was once told that it was a sign of good
luck if a person finds a penny. Well, what
kind of luck would you label finding a $10
bill, as I did up town last week? You would
no doubt say it was good luck in itself finding
it and you'd be happy to have it, but I failed
to mention that it was $10Monopoly money!
It was good for my ego anyway!'
I can rightly say, I'm not superstitious and
caught up in horoscopes. Goodness, you'll
have to excuse me for a second•while I rush.
to get ,a spoon - more bubbles in my tea!
Goodness, my left palm is itchy — money
will be going out again.
Now where did I put my four-leaf clover
that I had only a moment ago?
Am I superstitious? Do fish swim?
ChTastrria_is
The merriest of tidings to
you and yours on this warm
and wonderful holiday!
Con, Lois, Kim, Kent
and Todd Van Vliet
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The Saga
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140 Queen St. North, Blyth
523-4331
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for All
Here's hoping this
happy time is
filled with all
the best!
Robert - Shelley - Graham
ROBERT WORSELL
PLUMBING & HEATING
AUBURN
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to,
A world of peace and
goodwill to all our
friends and patrons.
Merry, merry
Christmas!
Fred Lawrence
Electric Ltd.
Don, Paul, Nlike,
Fred & Laura and Family
'Christmas in Toy Land' was presented by the Grade 1-2 students at Blyth Public School.
They told the audience that Christmas can be a happy time no matter where you are.
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a wonderful Christmas
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