Hello all,

I was shocked the other day to see a horseshoe hanging upside down on a little wooden cottage here in Vol'sk. Yet I already know that's the way they do things here. Why should I be shocked? I suppose superstitions run deeper than we think sometimes. I decided to write an article with some of the old beliefs widespread in Russia today, which you can go to below;

Russian Superstitions
Superstition, traditional beliefs and practices can tell us a lot about a people's history, if we care to think about them a little

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art30500.asp

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If you know of any other Russian superstitions, or have a comment, please join me in the site forum above, you're very welcome!

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Marianne Gibson, Russian Culture Editor
http://russianculture.bellaonline.com

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