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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
hey, we do that too in france ! i love those old traditions / superstitions. it's like, you have to look the other in the eye when you knock glasses, or never light a cigarette from a candle (it kills a sailor). some of them have really pragmatic origins : it's bad luck to light 3 cigarettes from the same match... when you're a solider in WWII, because it gives the enemy time to get a good aim to shoot you. 
yep, me too ! |
Here's a southern US superstition for you.
Gardeners in the south like to give away plants that are extras. Bulbs, runners, any sort of plant that asexually multiplies without human intervention. The are called pass-along plants (I passed-along 20 crinium lilies this spring). The superstition is that you should not thank the person who passes along the plant. If you do, the plant will die....