tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13760886.post114765473789654706..comments2023-12-04T06:51:03.717-05:00Comments on alli-gal: Good luck charmsalli-galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11761018033353324372noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13760886.post-1148094987873093692006-05-19T23:16:00.000-04:002006-05-19T23:16:00.000-04:00Andrea, That one is true! Look outside at the tr...Andrea,<BR/> That one is true! Look outside at the trees next time there's a storm coming. I forget which kind of trees do that. Maybe maple...it's some kind of leaf that is a little bit shinier on the backside. My neighbors' have a few, and I use them to gage whether or not to bring Mollie inside! They never lie!selahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339481398507430565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13760886.post-1148066277207036442006-05-19T15:17:00.000-04:002006-05-19T15:17:00.000-04:00Hey very interesting facts about holding our breat...Hey very interesting facts about holding our breath by graveyards....now I can see why. <BR/><BR/>GAG!!! <BR/><BR/>Here's another one for you. Grandma Rutherford always said when the leaves turn inside out (blowing and showing their backsides) it's going to rain!!<BR/><BR/>Can you find that one?Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03791805827198153138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13760886.post-1148009428048489772006-05-18T23:30:00.000-04:002006-05-18T23:30:00.000-04:00Tapeear, if you're a good luck charm, maybe I coul...Tapeear, <BR/>if you're a good luck charm, maybe I could put you in my pocket and carry you around for a couple days.....everyone needs some good luck now and then!!!!alli-galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11761018033353324372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13760886.post-1147999349214843212006-05-18T20:42:00.000-04:002006-05-18T20:42:00.000-04:00Hi I'm a good luck charm! Not Really! GHEEEEEEE!!!...Hi I'm a good luck charm! Not Really! GHEEEEEEE!!!!!!!The TapeEarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01036409038596335714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13760886.post-1147998482409168202006-05-18T20:28:00.000-04:002006-05-18T20:28:00.000-04:00Andrea,I've never heard the thing about the button...Andrea,<BR/>I've never heard the thing about the button...and I can't find it in my book...I'll have to search the web now for that, but as far as the superstition about holding your breath when passing a graveyard..this is what I found.<BR/><BR/>From about the 7th century, European burial was under the control of the church and on consecrated church ground. Practices varied but, in continental Europe, bodies were usually buried in a mass grave until they had decomposed. The bones were then exhumed and stored in ossuaries either along the arcaded bounding walls of the cemetery or within the church under floor slabs and behind walls.<BR/><BR/>The habit of burying corpses in land enclosed within the city walls had a negative impact on health. <BR/><BR/>The superstition of holding your breath when walking past a graveyard is actually not a superstition at all, but very simple. <BR/><BR/> It was a putrid smell to inhale, so it was common to try not to breathe when walking nearby. Over the years, many adaptations of this story have arose. Many believe that the dead souls will be angry that the living are in their territory and still breathing...filling them with the life these souls once knew.<BR/><BR/>As far as making you live longer....in those days, it was probably true!!!!alli-galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11761018033353324372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13760886.post-1147997843005717992006-05-18T20:17:00.000-04:002006-05-18T20:17:00.000-04:00Finding Pennies can be good or bad luck according ...Finding Pennies can be good or bad luck according to old American urban legend.<BR/><BR/>If a penny is found heads up, you should pick it up...this is believed to mean that more money will follow. If a penny is found head down...or tails up, as we might say...it is believed that your money will slowly disappear. The head looking upward vs. downward is what makes the difference. If the face on the penny is forced into the ground, so will be your finances...if the face on the penny is facing upward toward the endless sky, there are supposedly endless possibilites to where your money may take you someday.<BR/><BR/>The dove's nest derived from the Bible. After Moses' failed attempt to send a raven who was considered a strong bird to find out if the water level was dropping from the Ark, Noah sent the most loving and tender bird he knew...which was the dove. If the dove came back to regurgitate food for its young, he knew land was near. And this is what happened. So the dove has long been known as a "carrier" of good luck. Any dove who chooses to nest nearby is supposedly comfortable with the humans it surrounds itself with, and brings good fortune to them each time it returns to its nest.alli-galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11761018033353324372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13760886.post-1147907453440050372006-05-17T19:10:00.000-04:002006-05-17T19:10:00.000-04:00OK, I have to appologize....I forgot to bring my "...OK, I have to appologize....I forgot to bring my "Good Luck Book " to work with me tonight...but I'll look theese up and see what I can find out.<BR/><BR/>I'll be back tomorrow!!!alli-galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11761018033353324372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13760886.post-1147692238501168922006-05-15T07:23:00.000-04:002006-05-15T07:23:00.000-04:00How about this one, picking up a penny or any coin...How about this one, picking up a penny or any coin heads up is good luck?<BR/><BR/>or this one, if a dove makes a nest on your home somewhere it's good luck? ( my uncle has one right now on his front porch)The TapeEarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01036409038596335714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13760886.post-1147665834971001012006-05-15T00:03:00.000-04:002006-05-15T00:03:00.000-04:00Becky and I used to hold a button and hold our bre...Becky and I used to hold a button and hold our breath as we passed graveyards - it's supposed to make you live longer!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03791805827198153138noreply@blogger.com