Superstitions
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Animal Superstitions [offsite link] Common superstitions about animals, organised by animal, alphabetically. What do you know about crickets? How about seagulls? And rabbits? Learn it all here! Are you Superstitious? [offsite link] An entertaining quiz--find out if you´re truly superstitious, or 100% rational...or somewhere in between! Folklore Weather Predictions  Learning how to predict the weather like the Ozark folks did is not all that difficult. Come on! I'll show you how! Full Moon Madness [offsite link] A paper exploring the relationship, if any, between the lunar cycle and the human mind. Is there such thing as ´full moon madness´, or is it merely superstition? On Superstitious People [offsite link] A short but interesting essay on superstitious people, or ´magic worlders´, and how they differ from rationalists, or ´physical worlders´. Reader´s Digest on Old Wives Tales [offsite link] Reader´s Digest Magazine (Canada) tackles old wives tales. Readers submit questions, and the writers get to the bottom of the myths. Silly Superstitions [offsite link] From ´Friday the 13th´ to ´Ladybug, Ladybug´, this site is a treasury of comical, illogical, and silly superstitions. Includes references. Superstitions & Beliefs [offsite link] An article about superstitions and beliefs, and how they shape our world. Includes a list of common superstitions. Superstitions from Europe [offsite link] A collection of various superstitions from around Europe. Includes such cryptic warnings as "those who spin on a Saturday night will not rest in their graves". Unusual Trivia & Superstitions [offsite link] A wonderful alphabetised list of superstitions from ´acorns´ to ´yawning´. Also includes death superstitions, wedding superstitions, dreams superstitions, and more! Links marked with the [offsite link] designation point to websites not associated with BellaOnline.com. BellaOnline.com is not responsible for the material found there.
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