18 FOOD SUPERSTITIONS!

Did you ever thought, what you could do with the food beside eat it? Drive evil spirits away, Use it for good luck and many other uses. Many people actually used to or still believe in these bizarre rituals and superstitions related to food. I found few of them and I thought I should share it with you all.

1.
Bake your cake while the sun is rising, and do not throw away the eggshells until the baking is done.



2.
Tossing coffee grounds under steps leading to the kitchen will rid the home ants.



3.
If you spot bubbles in a cup of coffee, try to spoon them up and eat them before they burst. If you succeed, you will receive money from an unexpected source.


4.
If you don't spit out the seeds while eating a grape, the seeds will give you appendicitis. (Thank God there are seedless grapes out there)


5.
It's meant to be a bad luck if you gather Blackberries after October 11th.



6.
If you love someone and you want him/her to love you back then you should give them an orange.



7.
Hold a buttercup under someone's chin. If it casts a yellow colored shadow then that person 'loves' to eat butter.


8.
If you are deaf then, you should eat Onions mixed with 'ant eggs', which will cure your deafness.



9.
If there is a thunderstorm out there then you should save yourself and your milk. This is because, its believed that, the sound of thunder would turn the milk sour.


10.
It is a bad luck to eat the last piece of bread on a plate, this is because it is believed that it will cause a bachelor to marry, or an unmarried woman to stay unmarried. (I think its a bit sexist)


11.
If you have a tree which doesn't bear fruit? Well it is believed that if you hammer a peg or nail into a fruit tree that bears no fruit, soon you will have some fruits.


12.
If you are bald then here is something which will help you. It is believed that if you pour Rum on a your bald head, it will cure your baldness. (what a waste of alcohol)


13.
There is always a good reason to watch your steps. Tipping over a slice of cake on a plate while serving a guest is a sign of bad luck.


14.
If you want your Cabbage to flourish and do well, you should plat them on St. Patrick's Day.



15.
Two yolks in an Easter egg is a good omen. It is believed to make you rick someday soon.



16.
You like eating bananas? Well, bananas must be broken apart - never cut with a knife. Because, it is believed that cutting bananas brings bad luck.


17.
Oh you think you are dumb? You want a solution? It is believed that eating peaches gives you wisdom.



18.
If you grow too much lettuce in your garden, your wife will never conceive children. (I wonder when it came from, this just dones't make sense. As if the rest of them make sense.)


I hope that you enjoyed reading this.

Animal Superstitions [I]; you can choose to believe in them or maybe not!

Superstitions are always intriguing, even if you don't believe in them. When you hear a superstition and if you are part of it, then you do feel this weird thing about them, even if you don't choose to believe in them. Well, I just stumbled on to few of the very old ones relating to animals, collected by Edwin and Mona Radford in their book, Encyclopedia of Superstitions (Yeah there is an encyclopedia about it!)

1. A strange dog following you is good luck. A dog howling is a sure sign of death.
   
2. If a rooster crows near the door with his face towards it, it is a sure prediction of the arrival of a stranger.
3. Good luck will attend anyone upon whose face a spider falls from the ceiling.
4. If a cat sneezes, it is a sign of rain. If a cat sneezes three times, a cold will run through the family.
   
5. Living pigeons cut in half and applied to the feet of a man in fever will cure him (don't try this at home please).
   
6. To cure illness in a family was the patient and throw the water on a cat. Then drive the cat out of the doors, and it will take the illness with it.
   
7. If blind people are kind to ravens they will learn how to regain their sight.
   
8. If you find a hairy caterpillar you should throw it over your shoulder for good luck.
   
9. If a dog passes between a couple who are going to be married, much ill-luck will result to them.
   
10. Mice, minced, given to a sufferer, will cure measles.
    
11. Dried rat's tails will cure a cold.
    
12. If a white weasel crosses your path, it presages death or misfortune; but if one runs in front of you, you will be able to beat all your enemies.
    
13. If a cat sneezes near a bride, it means she will have good luck in her wedded life.
    
14. When mice swarm into a house hitherto free from them, a member of the household will die.
    
15. If the rooster crows at midnight, the Angel of Death is passing over the house.
    
16. If a man should kill a glowworm, it will endanger his lover affair, and may cause the death of his beloved.
    

I know that few of them sound really silly but some people still believe in a lot of superstitious beliefs. I hope that you had fun reading these. I found these interesting and thought I should share them with you.

Enjoy!