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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1985-12-23, Page 7• 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? 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