Thursday 14 April 2011

Research Topic 2- Superstitions and Beliefs



1. The four-leaf clover brings good luck to their finders, especially if found accidentally. According to legend, each leaf represents something: hope, faith, love, and luck.



2. Friday the 13th occurs when the thirteenth day of a month happens to be on a Friday, which superstition holds it as a day of bad luck.



3. The fear of number 4.  The pronunciation of that number in Korea, Japan, East-Asian and some Southeast-Asian countries, is similar to “death”. They commonly try to avoid the use of that number in their lifestyles. Buildings, floors, elevator buttons, Etc...



4. Cutting your nails in the night is a not good habit in some Indian cultures, because they believe that evil will follow you.



5. If you can blow out all the candles on your birthday cake in the first breath, you will get whatever you wish for in the future.


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