Social:List of bad luck signs

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Bad luck is an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate. This is a list of signs believed to bring bad luck according to superstitions:

  • A priest passing through
  • Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck[1]
  • Bird or flock going from left to right (Auspicia)(Paganism)
  • Certain numbers:
    • The number 4 (tetraphobia) in Chinese culture
    • The numbers 4 and 9 in Japanese culture
    • Also in Japanese culture, maternity wards numbered 43, as it can literally mean "still birth"
    • The number 13, known as triskaidekaphobia
    • The number 17 in Italian culture
    • The number 39, known as the curse of 39, in Afghan culture
    • The number 666, known as hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
  • Friday the 13th (In Spain, Greece and Georgia: Tuesday the 13th)
  • Failing to respond to a chain letter
  • Giving a clock as a gift in Chinese culture, as in Chinese, to give a clock has the same pronunciation as attending their funeral[2]
  • Greek Orthodox priest in the street. It is considered a bad omen to see a priest walking in the street, and superstitious people whisper "ΣΚΟΡΔΑ" (skorda - "garlic") under their breath.
  • Hanging a horseshoe with the ends pointing down, as it is believed that the luck will 'fall out'[3]
  • Opening an umbrella while indoors
  • On the Isle of Man, the mention of the word "longtail" (referring to a rat)
  • Ouija board
  • Navajo:
    • pointing at a rainbow[4][5]
    • throwing rocks into the wind[4][5]
    • a coyote crossing one's path[4] heading north[5]
    • an owl flying over a house.
  • Placing chopsticks straight up in a bowl of rice in Chinese and Japanese culture is reminiscent of food offerings left for the dead. [6]
  • Pointing towards feces (England)[7]
  • Ravens, crows and magpies
  • Saying the word "Macbeth" or wishing someone "Good Luck" while inside a theatre
  • Shoes on a table
  • Three on a match (superstition)
  • Tipping a salt shaker over
  • Viewing one's doppelgänger may be considered a harbinger of bad luck
  • Walking under a ladder
  • Black cat crossing one's path

See also

  • List of lucky symbols
  • Bad luck (disambiguation)
  • Theatrical superstitions
  • Faux pas derived from Chinese pronunciation
  • Sailors' superstitions

References

  1. ↑ "Breaking a mirror - meaning of broken mirror". Mirror History. http://www.mirrorhistory.com/mirror-facts/broken-mirror/. Retrieved 12 April 2017. 
  2. ↑ "Cultural China - Festivals and Customs - Taboo 2 - Giving a clock". http://traditions.cultural-china.com/en/14T8158T12916.html. Retrieved 30 April 2016. 
  3. ↑ "Luck and Horseshoes Webpage accessed 22 Aug. 2010". Indepthinfo.com. http://www.indepthinfo.com/horseshoes/luck.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-19. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ernest Bulows. "Navajo Taboos for Nature, Domestic and Wild Animals". NavajoCentral.org. http://www.navajocentral.org/navajotaboos/taboos_nature.html. Retrieved March 26, 2016.  [better source needed]
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Alysa Landry (July 24, 2014). "10 Things You Need to Know About Navajos". Indian Country Today Media Network. http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/07/24/10-things-you-need-know-about-navajos-155993. Retrieved March 26, 2016. [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  6. ↑ 1958-, Wang, Q. This is the same in Korea but with spoons. Edward (2015-01-26). Chopsticks : a cultural and culinary history. Cambridge. ISBN 9781107023963. OCLC 881469397. 
  7. ↑ Sources of Superstitious Beliefs. Julius B. Maller and Gerhard E. Lundeen The Journal of Educational Research Vol. 26, No. 5 (Jan. 1933), pp. 321-343




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