The Witch Sailed Away in the Eggshell. Eggshells must be thoroughly broken after an egg is eaten or a witch might commandeer the eggshell for a sailing vessel. Prints available. https://t.co/5xs3MSRyC8

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An illustration for an exhibition entitled ‘The Art of Superstition’.
The piece features four superstitions; lucky four leaf clover, lucky rabbit's foot, lucky pants and 'three on a match'.

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In British folklore owls are considered “birds of doom,” steeped in suspicion & superstition, including the belief that a screeching owl flying past the window of a sick person foretold death. However In Greek myth the owl is Athena’s symbol.
🎨Cynthia Sheppard

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✨🍀✨It was believed that carrying a four-leaf clover would grant the ability to see Faeries.

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RAVEN GOTHIC The hoarse screech of the raven was seen both as an omen of death & a source of power; straddling the worlds of the living & the dead, the raven is an uncanny messenger between the two. 🎨Victorian Halloween invitation; image 2 c/o shirleytwofeathers

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In many Latin American countries, the color of your underwear on New Year's Eve is believed to impact the coming year. Yellow brings prosperity, red brings romance, white brings peace, green brings good luck, & blue brings good health.

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Day 18: The witching hour: Of ghosts and superstitions
Ghost hinata is coming to your house..... Tonight 👻

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AFYA2097: Operate as if art is a useful superstition; a sort of voodoo for atheists. https://t.co/BGIP2ukBnX

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The only and authentic freedom of the human being is that of the spirit, of a spirit uncontaminated by irrational beliefs and perhaps poetic superstitions in any case, but which distort the perception of reality and should offend the most elementary reason.

José Saramago

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In the 19th century, women began to flirt safely in more overt ways: by “dropping” one’s glove for a suitor to pick up. Today, it’s still considered bad luck to retrieve one’s own glove. Oh, no! 😂🧤💖#SuperstitionSat

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Do not sleep with the obi (belt) of your kimono near you as you sleep: you will dream of snakes. Legend speaks of animated obi turning to snake-like bakemono and strangling people in their sleep.

🖼: M. Meyer

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A 'hob-thross' lived in Millom Castle. He slept by the fire during the day, and worked all night, doing the chores the humans didn’t want to do. One harsh winter he was offered clothes, a terrible insult to a hob-thross, so he left.

art: Eric Edwards

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🌿Meadowsweet, also known as Queen Of The Meadow. A sacred herb, medicinal and magical, traditionally added to summer wedding bouquets and worn as a garland for Lammas celebrations. It's thought to bring courage and harmony.

[🎨 Cicely Mary Barker]

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American superstition said, leave bread and coffee under the house to prevent ghosts from calling...

🎨Gérard

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In the cover of the darkness, some perform a dark ritual.

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A ‘cooler’ is a person so unlucky that when they play at a gaming table, everyone suffers bad luck. Casinos allegedly hire coolers to bring ill luck to hot tables in games of chance--and the house wins.

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