British Superstitions

Every culture has its own superstitions. Superstitions are beliefs in which a certain situation has its irrational or magic explanation, which have been assumed by the culture, by the society, or by a religious way without scientific passing. We’re going... More

Every culture has its own superstitions. Superstitions are beliefs in which a certain situation has its irrational or magic explanation, which have been assumed by the culture, by the society, or by a religious way without scientific passing. We’re going to talk about superstitions in Great Britain. There are superstitions about good and bad luck, about food, about animals, and about weddings. About lucky, they think that the first day of every month is lucky, it’s said that rabbits were really witches and it was too famous the usual lucky charm, which was a rabbit’s foot, so they say before any word: “White rabbit, white rabbit, white rabbit”. Touching or beating wood, is lucky too when you want something fulfilled. Of course, don’t forget about meeting a four leaf clover, besides hanging on the horseshoes with tops up and having white heather. But those are not just the only beliefs, there are much more about this, like cutting your hair when moon is waxing or, putting inside Less