I think superstitions involve luck, magic or the supernatural. Old wives’ tale is an expression referring to superstitious claims.

Superstitions involve luck good or bad. I used to think they were only bad luck. Here’s a small list of superstitions passed down to me:

Horseshoe good luck.

Open umbrella inside bad luck.

Knock on wood to reverse bad luck.

Black cats bad luck.

Shoes on table bad luck.

Things go in threes can be good and bad things.

Old wives’ tales passed down to me - just a few:

Feed a cold starve a fever.

If you go out with wet hair you will catch cold.

Eating carrots will improve night vision.

I hear people often saying superstitions. I don’t think I take them seriously but could write a long list of superstitions and old wives’ tales , if you have a better phrase for that let me know. These sayings are part of me and I don’t follow them all but I do think about them as they remind me of my mum.

I am interested in whether Moodscopers had superstitions and sayings passed down to them and whether it affects their behaviour. Or did you come from background with no superstitions? My dad would laugh at my mum for all her superstitions.

I have only written a few so people can share their own family superstitions and some that are common in some cultures and not in others. What part do superstitions and old wives’ tales play in your life?

Leah 

A Moodscope member