Are You Superstitious?

Are You Superstitious?

Today is Friday, the 13^th. Do you believe in superstitions? How about urban legends, like alligators in city gutters?

Why, or why not?

Are you superstitious about black cats?

How about walking under ladders?

Have you tossed salt over your shoulder for luck?

Do you think it is bad luck to kill a ladybug?

Have you ever broken a mirror?

What happens, if you open an umbrella indoors?

Do you believe a found penny can bring good luck?

What do you say, if someone sneezes?

Must you use a nickel to scratch off the numbers on lottery tickets?

Have you ever hung up a horseshoe for luck?

What’s wrong with eating Brussels sprouts?

Do you believe you have a lucky number?

If you step on a crack, will it break your mother’s back?

What does it mean to knock on wood?

How do you feel about Friday, the 13^th?

Here’s Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” performed on Sesame Street:

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What do you think of these superstition quotes?

“I had only one superstition.

I made sure to touch all the bases

when I hit a home run.”
Babe Ruth

(George Herman)

American Baseball Star

(1895 – 1948)

“Security is mostly a superstition.

It does not exist in nature,

nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run

than outright exposure.

Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”
Helen Keller

American Author

(1880 - 1968)

“No one is so thoroughly superstitious

as the godless man.”
Harriet Beecher Stowe

American Author

(1811 – 1896)