Superstitions

Superstitions
What bugs you?
I'm absolutly petrified of three legged rabbits

 

roflmao Superstitions eh? Probably most of the common ones when I was a kid. Today nothing, as I'm a doubting Augie.:-D

 

I' not superstitious in general, but if someone mentions that I should not cross the street, on a friday, possibly the 13th, I take heed, 'cause, maybe a bus or truck or car is coming and I might get squished.... :-D

Shelagh

 

I used to be religious if that counts

 

I forgot to mention, and people from Northumberland!!

 

I don't consider myself superstitious I prefer cautious.

 

I have a superstition about believing in superstitions.
~ I once had a superstition that it is unlucky to drive with your eyes closed.rolleyes

 

If I thought we were serious, I'd share mine. I work in theatre, there are a ton of them. And I've seen bad things happen when people don't believe.

 

Love to know about your theatre superstitions, I’ve heard of some, like not saying Macbeth, and not wishing anybody good luck and I think there’s one about whistling; don’t know the origins though.

 

roflmao

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatrical_superstitions

 

The whistling thing: Never whistle in a theatre. The reason for it is originally, all flymen (the people who fly the scenery in and out) were sailors, and they got their cues from a bosn's whistle (however the heck you spell that). If someone whistled when they weren't supposed to, odds were pretty good they'd end up getting crushed by scenery.

Not saying MacBeth (which is so ingrained I had to force myself to type it, even): BAD things happen to those who do it in a theatre! I don't know why...probably because there is so much death and dismemberment in the play. All I know is I have personally seen: chairs collapsing and actors getting minor injuries; mirrored tiles falling off a wall when they'd been put up with liquid nails and been up for over a week; people hitting their heads on doorways and getting knocked out; people tripping and spraining their ankle...all of whom said the name of that play in the theatre and laughed at superstition. There is a preventive measure if you do it right away: Go outside the theatre, spin around three times while cursing, spit, then knock and ask to be let back in. Someone has to allow you entry before you may do so.

Never put shoes on a dressing table, particularly if it's a dance show. This has its origins somewhere outside of the theatre, but it means bad luck for actors to do so.

Not wishing someone good luck: Whatever you say on opening night is supposed to have the opposite effect. Thus "break a leg" means good luck.

Ghosts: All theatres, unless they're newly built, have ghosts. Each particular location/ghost comes with its own set of rules. Follow them. Trust me.

There are more, but I'm kinda pressed for time and can't think of them offhand. :-D

 

Laugh all you want, but it happens. You won't find a theatre anywhere that performs seven nights a week. We also put out a ghost light at night when we lock up.

Edit:
Just read through that Wiki article, and that's all about right. Yeah, we're weird...but then you'd expect that from people who pretend to be someone else for a living, and those of us who help them do so.

 

Halloween’s always good for a few superstitions.
Get into bed backwards
Look at the moon through a looking glass
Placing your shoes in the form of a T
Locking the family bible
ANY MORE?

 

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