Superstitious Grandma (2815 hits)
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Submitted by Espo <esposhp319.at.yahoo.com> (View user info) at 2003-08-27 05:01:34 EDT
My grandparents visited my home recently. They stayed for about 2 weeks. Im glad i got to see them before i go off to college, and I actually had a good time with them. We went to the Alps and stuff, got drunk, etc.
But i digress.
Last night was their last night in Switzerland. As a result, we had a nice family dinner outside. Pork chops, i believe. After the meal, we continued to sit outside, enjoying the beautiful weather as the day turned into dusk and dusk turned into night, as is typical of family meals. As i said, the weather was amazing, and as i live on top of a hill, the view of the night sky is beautiful. Last night was especially amazing, as it was very clear outside.
During the course of going through 3 bottles of wine, I walked out to the middle of my backyard to show my grandparents the great view they could get of Mars, which was low on the horizon, but still very bright. After showing them Mars, we were just talking, and staring up at the sky, enjoying the night, when a shooting star appeared. It was marvelous. I love shooting stars.
My grandmother, who was in the house at the time, was informed of the shooting star. To my surprise, her reaction was one of relief, and not disappointment. She claimed that seeing a shooting star was BAD luck. I thought you were supposed to make a WISH when you saw a shooting star. But she vehemently defended her superstition that a shooting star is bad luck, especially if it "flys" over the house.
She then went on to discuss all her other superstitions, which baffled me as they seemed to be completely random. How is rock that is disintegrating in the atmosphere BAD LUCK?! How is seeing a praying mantis BAD LUCK?! My grandmother, god bless her, claimed that her brother, who died young, had a praying mantis on his bedroom window when he passed away, and her mother insisted from that day on that seeing a praying mantis was indeed nothing less than BAD LUCK, and an omen of death.
We tried for an hour to convince my grandma that these superstitions were nonsense, and had no scientific explanation or reasoning, but it was in vein. She believes these things to the core of her soul.
Then again, my grandma, being italian, threw salt all around our house when we moved in to "make it safe" and claims that she can remove the "malocchio" or "evil eye" by using oil and water and wheat or something.
Anyway, i was wondering if this is just my crazy italian family, or if this superstition stuff is just more prevalent with older people. Does anyone else believe in these superstitions or know anyone else that does?
peace
espo
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Submitted by LucidCognition (user info) at 2003-08-27 17:21:42 EDT (#)
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with the hands thing.
My great-grandma, I never knew her, said one was getting money, the other was giving. She also believed if you forgot anything for a trip after you left, even 10 feet, you couldn't go back for it. And she wouldn't let other people. She had tons of em that I can't remember.
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2003-08-27 16:46:13 EDT (#)
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I am part Mexican, and my relatives have some crazy superstitions.
* I may have the left and rights confused here
Left hand itching - You are going to get money
Right hand itching - You are going to get information (About what? Who knows!)
Left foot itching - You are going to be traveling soon
Eye "jumping" (Twitching) - You will see someone you haven't seen in a while
Ear ringing - Someone is talking about you (Could be good or bad)
Then we have candles with the images of Saints on them. Seems like there is one for every occasion (At least they are only a buck or 2, with all the variety one needs). I have an Aunt that lights a candle before every Denver Bronco game.
Submitted by reallybored (user info) at 2003-08-27 16:41:04 EDT (#)
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My grandpa has this really weird supersitution. He said it was HORRIBLY bad luck if your moneyshot didnt connect with atleast some eye. He use to pratice shooting out candles and shit. Never was invited to my birthday party if i remember....
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2003-08-27 16:27:30 EDT (#)
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Maybe that's why my bag came open inside the baby powder bottle.
Submitted by EspoDmouth (user info) at 2003-08-27 16:24:05 EDT (#)
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loki - i have heard tell that not repacking the bowl is bad luck.
any truth to this one?
peace
espo
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2003-08-27 16:06:24 EDT (#)
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Superstitions are bad luck.
Submitted by PopNFresh (user info) at 2003-08-27 08:45:23 EDT (#)
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"Clothes are high in calories and make you fat. "
Spread the word
Submitted by Insanethemind (user info) at 2003-08-27 08:39:09 EDT (#)
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My brother in law, who happens to be black, (I'm white) his mother and grandmother have strange superstitions that he calls "Slave Superstitions". One is: Onion peel on the flo' , there's gonna be confusion.
None of my blood relatives are that superstitious (sp?) but a lot of Italians I met are.
Look out of someone's eyes while toasting, 50 years bad sex, that was one.
Submitted by Manfre (user info) at 2003-08-27 08:31:52 EDT (#)
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But yea I just read the replies.
I agree wholeheartedly that a good looking girl with clothes on and pubic hair is bad luck.
Pubic hair should be kept at a nice short level. While clothes should be avoided at all costs.
Clothes are high in calories and make you fat.
Submitted by Manfre (user info) at 2003-08-27 08:28:52 EDT (#)
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"My grandmother, god bless her, claimed that her brother, who died young, had a praying mantis on his bedroom window when he passed away, and her mother insisted from that day on that seeing a praying mantis was indeed nothing less than BAD LUCK, and an omen of death."
I dunno bout gramma over here but an omen of death is a loaded and cocked gun shoved in your face first thing when you wake up. But thats just me.
I bet she also told you anal sex is for the gay.
"As i said, the weather was amazing, and as i live on top of a hill, the view of the night sky is beautiful."
For some reason when I read "I live on top of a hill" I laughed. Laughed long and hard.
Submitted by EspoDmouth (user info) at 2003-08-27 08:00:43 EDT (#)
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popnfresh, i think we should stick with death as an answer.
but there are many ways to die. for example, we can gather up all the ugly fat people and put them on an island. Then take all the food off the island and proceed sew meat onto the skin of 1/2 the ugly fat people. The other half will then rip the meat off their bodies, both providing food and killing 1/2 the population at the same time.
This process can be repeated until only 2 lucky ugly fat idiots are left. At that point, I think a cage match to the death will decide the winner, who will have the pleasure of being the only one to experience the nuclear bomb that we will set off on the island, which will then sink into the ocean like atlantis.
so you see, "DIE" has so many possibilities.
peace
espo
+2 for having responses to this post that had nothing to do with superstitions.
Submitted by PopNFresh (user info) at 2003-08-27 05:59:19 EDT (#)
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I dunno about die - maybe go to colony so they can breed with ugly men that will one day rise up and claim this planet in the name of the uglies
No wait thats not good , Not good at all
....... After re-reading that i should just go back to work
Submitted by EspoDmouth (user info) at 2003-08-27 05:53:42 EDT (#)
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+2 for women with little or no clothing. unless they`re ugly.
if ugly, DIE
peace
espo
Submitted by Hadooken (user info) at 2003-08-27 05:43:02 EDT (#)
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to tell the truth, the less clothes the better luck you are sure to have ladies.
Submitted by PopNFresh (user info) at 2003-08-27 05:39:58 EDT (#)
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Funny stuff
I think its a bad omen for women to wear more than a mini skirt
Hear that ladies - nothing more
Submitted by Hadooken (user info) at 2003-08-27 05:37:00 EDT (#)
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I do something kind of like that. I eat wheat thins to keep evil at bay.