Journal #7

I do not follow any superstitions, but there are many out there that people do follow. One of the most popular is being very superstitious about the number thirteen. Many people are scared of the number thirteen, and will have nothing to do with it. They will refuse something if it has thirteen of it, and that is why there is no thirteenth row on an airplane, no thirteenth floor in a hotel, and no thirteenth rooms in hotels. Another popular superstition is that if one breaks a mirror, one will have seven years of bad luck. People will go to great extents to not break mirrors, and if they do, they will get rid of it immediately. Other superstitions are seeing black cats, walking under ladders, and spilling salt. If one spills salt, they must pour some salt in their hands and throw it over their shoulder. Most of these superstitions people follow just come from common sense that someone decided to scare people into following. If one breaks a mirror, it is obviously upsetting, and in the old days when this superstition came about, it probably took that long to receive a new one. If one walks under a ladder, there is a good chance that they will get hit with something. Someone was probably hit by something when they walked under a ladder once, and they decided to tell people about it and tell the others that they would have bad luck now which was shown when the person was hit by something. There are many things that people use to refute this bad luck, such as horseshoes, rabbits' feet, four leaf clovers, or a number of other things. While many people become scared of things such as these, there is also quite a big number of people that are not scared of superstitions such as these or a number of other superstitions that are not included in the list posted above.