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"God speaks truth." Sneezing means that someone elsewhere is praising you. Ami! "Amen!" Kyrgyz: Ак чүч! [aqˈt͡ʃut͡ʃ]. This may be based on an onomatopœia of the sound of a sneeze, like the English "Atchoo". Рахмат, if the person who spoke after the sneeze is liked "Thank you" Ladino
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( June 2017 ) A superstition is "a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation" or "an irrational abject attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God resulting from superstition ."
God bless you (variants include God bless or bless you [1]) is a common English phrase generally used to wish a person blessings in various situations, [1] [2] especially to "will the good of another person", as a response to a sneeze, and also, when parting or writing a valediction.
Rather than a regular 365-day year, the leap year adds an extra day to “keep the calendar in sync with the seasons”. For a year to be a leap year, it has to be divisible by four or 400.
A keychain containing a four-leaf clover. A good luck charm is an amulet or other item that is believed to bring good luck.Almost any object can be used as a charm. Coins, horseshoes and buttons are examples, as are small objects given as gifts, due to the favorable associations they make.
Crying for any reason (even if it’s a good one) on New Year’s Day is believed to be a bad sign of things to come. In fact, some say it could result in you having a year of sadness. Related: 26 ...
Chardonnens says superstitions belonging to the magic category are exceedingly hermetical and ritualistic: examples include witchcraft, potions, incantations, amulets etc. [2] Chardonnens says that the observation category needs an observer, divination category needs a participant to tell what is to be observed, whereas magic requires a ...
Friday the 13th is considered by many to be an unlucky day. Here's the history behind why people are superstitious about the day.