tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post6405912252578651653..comments2024-03-19T08:06:06.018+00:00Comments on Life of a Fifty-Something Yorkshireman: What is Your Superstition?Rarelesserspottedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15865928245970626612noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-21628062091604174592013-09-05T21:22:41.301+01:002013-09-05T21:22:41.301+01:00Hi Linda
thanks for leaving a comment - entirely s...Hi Linda<br />thanks for leaving a comment - entirely sensible in my view!<br />xRarelesserspottedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15865928245970626612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-39757664061617925032013-09-03T04:35:56.135+01:002013-09-03T04:35:56.135+01:00I don't have any superstitions. As far as wal...I don't have any superstitions. As far as walking under a ladder goes, I think it is good common sense not to...particularly if someone is on it. :)Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692170857496442623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-7574563512033082082013-09-03T04:35:50.478+01:002013-09-03T04:35:50.478+01:00I don't have any superstitions. As far as wal...I don't have any superstitions. As far as walking under a ladder goes, I think it is good common sense not to...particularly if someone is on it. :)Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692170857496442623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-33559135479915328452013-08-27T16:44:17.342+01:002013-08-27T16:44:17.342+01:00Hi Chris
A good point about Christians and of cou...Hi Chris <br />A good point about Christians and of course you are absolutely right, I guess many fishermen felt closer to God on so many occasions where their lives were at risk - they are so far from any help at all.<br />XX<br /><br />Hi Wheelie<br />There is a well known supersition against the leaving of a hat on a table but I cannot find the origin, there are also others like wearing a hat in church (or not - for a woman considered unlucky not to wear one) and leaving one on a bed (brings death to the household). I never leave one on a table nor shoes which represent the dangling feet of a hanged man - how riduculous - but it sticks with us. I like to think it's just unhygienic.<br />XX Rarelesserspottedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15865928245970626612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-26493098973200017542013-08-26T14:07:58.495+01:002013-08-26T14:07:58.495+01:00I don't think I have any. A quick poll of the ...I don't think I have any. A quick poll of the family noted that as a hat wearer, it makes them, and at least one neighbour uncomfortable if I chuck it on the dining table. They don't know why though.<br /><br />I wonder how many past superstitions have over time have become custom and tradition?<br /><br />We are familiar and social creatures, and custom binds social groups. We may well have become more educated and rational in the uk, but tradition links us to our ancestors, even though the acts, for many no longer hold a means of protecting us from the fear of the unknown?<br /><br />Just thinking. That's why I remove my hat from the table :-)Wheeliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798837094383674273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-91892503547712299662013-08-26T07:54:17.990+01:002013-08-26T07:54:17.990+01:00Funny how Christians always call their belief syst...Funny how Christians always call their belief system 'religion' but other people's beliefs 'superstition'. <br /><br />Maybe fishermen had a lot of rituals for warding off danger because they were closer to nature than most people. When you're out in a small fishing boat, the sea is every bit as big and powerful and easily angered as any god you'll find in a book. MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.com