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is there a superstition about walking under ladders?
To be fair, it's one of the more reasonable superstitions considering the potential of being hit by a heavy falling object.
People won't listen to "if you walk under a ladder you might get hit by a paint bucket" but they will listen to "if you walk under a ladder some nondescript aethereal force will give you bad luck". What is wrong with our brains.
It's pretty much the same as "Don't do that, it's wrong." vs "Don't do that, God doesn't like it."
The fear / allure of the unknown
That is from times where a majority of people were trained to believe in an a nondescript invisible being. It does things to your brain.
absolutely, yeah. there's still a lot of construction folks/builders that refuse to do it. usually the same folks that have superstitions about tools (like never hand someone an unfolded pocket knife, no matter how safely you do it)
There's a really weird thing in the Southeastern US where people will hand you pocketknives with the blade out always and you can't hand it back closed. I don't understand it.
One explanation ties this to a belief that closing a knife someone else opened can bring bad luck, or is considered bad manners. There’s also the practical side: if someone hands you an open blade, they’re entrusting you with a dangerous tool, and closing it before handing it back could suggest you don’t trust them to handle it properly.
I get the bad luck superstition, but handing someone a closed knife is just safer. The idea that handing someone an open knife shows more respect is stupid.
I've had someone hand me an open knife and accidentally stab me with it. The whole point of it closing is to reduce the risk of getting cut.
Agreed with you. In Europe, there’s a superstition that gifting a knife can "cut" or sever a relationship. To avoid this, the person receiving the knife must give a coin—usually just a small one—back to the giver. This act symbolically "pays" for the knife, turning it into a purchase rather than a gift, and preventing any bad luck or harm to the friendship or relationship.
It’s blend of practicality, tradition, and superstition.
I also know about this superstition. It's apparently pretty widespread
Is that to do with showing the condition it was in, and that you didn't break it?
Nope, is apparently a superstitious thing, but I have a feeling it's roots are in some masculinity BS.
Yeah! Without a proper backspin toss, it's not going to land in their palm correctly, or in time for their next throw.
One of the most known.
maybe where you're from :p
Yes.