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A curse is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some person, place, or object. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
That game also saw Tyrone win a fourth Sam Maguire Cup, overtaking Mayo in the all-time record. Following the death of Fr Peter Quinn in January 2016 and Pádraig Carney in 2019, two living members of the 1951 All-Ireland SFC winning team remained: Paddy Prendergast and Mick Loftus. [178] [179] Mick Loftus was a sub but didn't play. [180]
A number of curses are used to explain the failures or misfortunes of specific sports teams, players, or even cities. For example: No first-time winner of the World Snooker Championship has successfully defended his title since the event was first held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in 1977. This has been widely attributed to a Crucible ...
Between their 1908 triumph, which was the Cubs' second world championship (they'd also won the Series in 1907 to become baseball's first back-to-back winners as well as the first franchise to appear in three consecutive World Series), and 1945, the first year of the alleged Billy Goat Curse, the Cubs won the National League pennant six times ...
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Curses after the Old Kingdom era are less common though more severe, sometimes invoking the ire of Thoth or the destruction of Sekhemet. [4] Zahi Hawass quotes an example of a curse: "Cursed be those who disturb the rest of a Pharaoh. They that shall break the seal of this tomb shall meet death by a disease that no doctor can diagnose." [6]
The curse of the Bambino was a superstition evolving from the failure of the Boston Red Sox baseball team to win the World Series in the 86-year period from 1918 to 2004. While some fans took the curse seriously, most used the expression in a tongue-in-cheek manner.
Frank Aasand (July 27, 1949 – January 15, 2016) was an American curler, a 1972 World Men's silver medallist [1] and a 1972 United States men's curling champion.. That 1972 silver medallist team is best known for the "Curse of LaBonte" - one of the most famous curses in curling history.