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In the past, when horses got a new pair of horseshoes, their owners didn't throw the old pair away, because they believed in "cream witches:" witches that kept cream from becoming butter. The remedy was to drop a red-hot burning horseshoe into the butter churn.

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2021-10-02

"... like another cursed Jonah..." ("Moby Dick")

A bringer o' bad luck on board a ship be called a Jonah 'n thrown into the sea, like the sailors o' Joppa did wit' the prophet on thar way t' Tarshish



🖼️ print after Rubens, 1755

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2021-09-19

Although their real existence is not proven, it is said that, on stormy nights, the RAQUEIROS (from English wrecker) tied torches to the horns of cows and released them on the cliffs, in order to confuse the ships that sailed near the coast and cause their wreck.

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2021-09-18

What became of St Dahalin's pirates? Well, I like to think that they became really friendly ‘saintly’ seafarers after that! Instead of pillaging people, they took to the high oceans, had fun looking for🧜‍♀️, & never ever made anyone walk the plank again!

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2021-09-18

Yer weekly wunderkammer safety advice - edition

If ye see red sails East o' the Good 'ope, shipmates, beware! Arrgh! It be the Flyin' Dutchman! Yer doom be ascertained!

Thank ye. Spit thrice, touch cold iron an' be safe.

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2021-09-18

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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2021-09-17

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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2021-09-14


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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2021-09-13

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

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2021-09-05

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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2021-08-28

และ ความต่างที่เหมือนกัน ติดตามซีรีส์ Beyond Superstition ได้เร็วๆ นี้ที่ Exotic Quixotic เท่านั้น!

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2021-08-28

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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2021-08-21

The first time you see a crescent each month, take any spare coins out of your pocket & put them in another pocket. 🪙 This will ensure good for the next month.

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2021-08-21

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

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2021-08-20

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

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2021-08-18

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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2021-08-16

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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2021-08-15