Superstitions That Are Still With Us...yours?

[Eclogite]

As a British comedienne recently remarked "I don't believe in superstitions. I think they are unlucky."

[labelwench]

I worked in a paint and glass shop for a couple of years and so very quickly got over any conditioned concerns about breaking glass, including mirrors, as we both cut and shaped glass to custom requests and as a result, there were plenty of 'cut-offs' that were too small to have any use or value. We were instructed to be very careful when moving large sheets of stock glass, for if a sheet broke while being transported, you effectively have two large guillotines.

 

Broken glass, of any size, is miserable to clean up because it can break into very fine shards or slivers and I wonder if that fact alone may have played into the superstitions about broken mirrors? Glass is relatively cheap in the modern world but it used to be quite an expensive luxury so perhaps that is another origin of the 'bad luck' stigma.

 

As for picking up pennies, we never learned any apprehensions regarding heads or tails showing. Any penny was a good penny, if it was only lacking for an owner. : )