ullangoo wrote today at 3:32 AM
Hmm - didn't she want to say that it would really happen, i.e. she honestly believed it? I had an aunt who believed a lot of such things. If you gave away a knife as a e.g. birthday present, you'd cut the friendship. And a wallet given away had to have a coin in it, if not all the money the receiver put in it would get lost. And ten more, at least. I think she even had a variety of your umbrella one. Funny.


mercedo wrote today at 3:53 AM
I understand the more people have superstitions, the less they are civilised.Superstitions are simply untrue, but in less civilised society they have influenced a lot every nook and cranny in life. Superstitions often survive over generation to generation, so those who have the same superstitions can trace back to their common ancestor.