supersition

What Is It With Hotels And Feng Shui?

by podblack on December 20, 2008

Chatting with fellow Skeptic Zone reporter Dr Rachie on Skype — and I get a sudden sense of deja vu when I check out the wonderful blog at The Skeptics’ Book of Poo Poo (yes, that’s a reference to Aussie show ‘The One’) : Well, this one might just top the lot. An article which [...]

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White House, White Horse, Superstitions And The Course

by podblack on November 4, 2008

One white foot, buy him; Two white feet, try him; Three white feet, look well about him; Four white feet, do without him. From “Popular Beliefs and Superstitions: A Compendium of American Folklore“ Yes, indeed: it’s true that within horse races and politics, including the camps of both Obama and McCain, there are ‘lucky charms’… [...]

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Superstition Of The ‘Ghost Light’ In Theatres

by podblack on September 19, 2008

Heard of the ‘Ghost Light’? Thanks to Playbill.com: ‘Theatrical folk are a superstitious lot. Wishing actors a broken leg (don’t ever tell them “good luck”), avoiding whistling backstage (it used to confuse the stagehands), and being careful not to say Mac. . .—I mean, “The Scottish Play” (it’s cursed, you know) are just a sampling [...]

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Superstition Gets Your Goat And Podblack Does Perth Atheist Meetup!

by podblack on May 7, 2008

Sheesh, here I am researching superstitions for my thesis from the past to now… and even today another item pops up – NY Times: The goat option was tested at Katmandu Airport in September to propitiate Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god. Officials of Nepal Airlines told Reuters that they had sacrificed two goats in [...]

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