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Good & Bad Luck Superstitions
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1.       lendechy
67 posts
 21 Sep 2007 Fri 09:04 pm

A superstition is the belief that events are influenced by specific behaviors, without having a causal relationship.

how many do you know ?

" Superstitions "

• A bird in the house is a sign of a death.

• Pregnant women should not attend funerals.

• Ringing Bells means a new angel received wings.

Please feel free to write and share !!

Thx.




2.       teaschip
3870 posts
 21 Sep 2007 Fri 09:23 pm

Laying shoes on a table is considered bad luck.

Good Luck: Knock on Wood - It was believed that good spirits lived in trees, and that by knocking on anything made from wood, we could call upon these spirits for protection against misfortune.

Good Luck: A 4-leaf clover

See a penny, pick it up; all day long you will have good luck

3.       Trudy
7887 posts
 21 Sep 2007 Fri 09:38 pm

Spilling sugar - you get a visitor
A broken mirror means 7 years of bad luck
Seeing a black cat - bad luck
Spilling salt - bad luck, but you can 'buy it off' by throwing a little over your left shoulder
Opening an umbrella inside - bad luck
When you are in trade (like in a shop): spit on the first coins you receive and your business will be booming that day

4.       libralady
5152 posts
 21 Sep 2007 Fri 11:06 pm

Don't walk under a ladder
Don't walk on the gaps in paving stones
Don't cross on the stairs
Upturned horseshoe is supposed to be lucky
Friday 13th is unlucky (some people are so superstious they stay in bed all day)
Don't have a cylamen in the house if you are pregnant (supposed to make the woman miscarry)

That's all the rubbish I can think of for now.............

5.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 21 Sep 2007 Fri 11:09 pm

OMG
people, how come you know so many superstions?

6.       Elisabeth
5732 posts
 21 Sep 2007 Fri 11:22 pm

Some of the older people in my family had some strange ones:

Never speak ill of the dead, lest they come to haunt you.

If you spill salt, you must pick up the grains with your right hand and thru them over your left shoulder or you will have bad luck. (I often wonder what would happen if you did the opposite)

Spitting on someone warded off the devil.

Opening up an umbrella inside your home is bad luck.

7.       libralady
5152 posts
 21 Sep 2007 Fri 11:31 pm

Quoting femme_fatal:

OMG
people, how come you know so many superstions?



It is because I am quite old, or had you forgotten? and my grandmother was a mine of "crap" information! Sorry Granny, meant no harm

8.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 21 Sep 2007 Fri 11:55 pm

Quoting libralady:

Quoting femme_fatal:

OMG
people, how come you know so many superstions?



It is because I am quite old, or had you forgotten? and my grandmother was a mine of "crap" information! Sorry Granny, meant no harm


yeah, i just tried to write a few of them, lol but seems i forgot lol i must be too old to remember them lol

9.       turquoise
938 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 12:08 am

i heard one of them was the funniest

my friend said that someone just sweared.i said -what did u say? she said - yeah someone just did,then i said -how come you know that? she said that her bum was itching, i said -OMG if that was true you would have had wounds on ur bum cuz milliards live in the world and billions must be swearing right nowlollollollol ahhh turkish superstitions

10.       Trudy
7887 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 08:03 am

When your ears are singing/tingling with one single tone, remember: the right side is bad (people are gossipping about you), the left side is good (people are telling good things about you).

11.       geniuda
1070 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 08:24 am

Getting out of bed with left foot first---bad day or bad luck.

12.       Alisaxxx
425 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 10:56 am

To cross two forks accidentally is a sign that slander will be spread about you. To drop a fork foretells the visit of a woman friend. To stir anything with a fork is to stir up misfortune

13.       Alisaxxx
425 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 10:58 am

Always pick up a pin when you see one lying on the floor, for See a pin and pick it up All the day you'll have good luck; See a pin and let it lie Luck will surely pass you by. To upset a box of pins foretells a surprise, so long as some of them are left in the box; but if none remains, a disappointment will come your way.

14.       Alisaxxx
425 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 10:59 am

It is unlucky to put on the left shoe before the right, and it is worse still to put the right shoe on the left foot, or vice versa. This belief dates from classical days, and it is related that the emperor Augustus nearly lost his life at the hands of assassins after putting his sandals on the wrong feet. New shoes should never be left on a table, or ill luck will descend upon the house. If you do not present a new pair of shoes to a poor person at least once during your life, you will go barefoot in the next world

15.       Alisaxxx
425 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 11:02 am

When you are talking to someone, and if you should both happen to say the same word or sentence at the same time, you must each clasp the other's little finger and wish. Then, if you do not disclose your wish, it will be fulfilled.

16.       Alisaxxx
425 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 11:04 am

If you give anyone an empty purse he will never be blessed with riches. Place a coin inside it for luck

17.       Alisaxxx
425 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 11:06 am

If, before you retire to bed, you chant Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Bless the bed that I lie on, it will keep away evil spirits and ensure your good health. There is an old custom which decrees that if someone is lying dangerously ill, a lighted candle should be placed in a shoe and all other lights in the room turned out. Then the name of the complaint from which the person is suffering must be written on a piece of paper and burned in the candle flame, and at the same time the following rhyme should be said three times: Go away death! Go away death! Life from the flame Give new breath I The candle must then be snuffed with the fingers

18.       AEnigma III
0 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 12:06 pm

Alisa - you have one hell of a lot of superstitions!!! You must have to get up one hour earlier every morning just to fit in your rituals! lol lol lol

19.       Alisaxxx
425 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 12:21 pm

Lol AEnigma III
i also get ready for bed at 7pm. Its a nightmare being full of usless information.
Alisa

20.       Alisaxxx
425 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 02:25 pm

And there's more lol

If the head of a bed is placed towards the north it foretells a short life, towards the south a long life, the east riches, the west travel.

21.       Alisaxxx
425 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 02:33 pm

To cut bread in an uneven manner is a sign that you have been telling lies.

22.       Deli_kizin
6376 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 03:08 pm

I just buy my bread sliced, how clever is that

23.       AEnigma III
0 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 03:31 pm

Quoting Alisaxxx:

To cut bread in an uneven manner is a sign that you have been telling lies.



Ama....I never cut bread unevenly........ ops another lie lol lol lol

24.       turquoise
938 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 03:36 pm

Quoting AEnigma III:

Quoting Alisaxxx:

To cut bread in an uneven manner is a sign that you have been telling lies.



Ama....I never cut bread unevenly........ ops another lie lol lol lol



i never cut the breadlol

25.       portokal
2516 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 04:42 pm

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting AEnigma III:

Quoting Alisaxxx:

To cut bread in an uneven manner is a sign that you have been telling lies.



Ama....I never cut bread unevenly........ ops another lie lol lol lol



i never cut the breadlol



bread?:-S what is bread?

26.       turquoise
938 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 05:57 pm

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting AEnigma III:

Quoting Alisaxxx:

To cut bread in an uneven manner is a sign that you have been telling lies.



Ama....I never cut bread unevenly........ ops another lie lol lol lol



i never cut the breadlol



bread?:-S what is bread?



i donno,never seen it before is it something to eat?


27.       lovebug
280 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 06:05 pm

If your nose itches, you soon fight with someone.

If your hand itches, you will soon receive money.

28.       portokal
2516 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 06:06 pm

Quoting lovebug:

If your nose itches, you soon fight with someone.

If your hand itches, you will soon receive money.



hehe, i know this like:

if your noose itches, you will have something bugging you.
left hand itching is bad luck, right hand is money.
your head itching is wondering what all these itches could mean...

29.       Trudy
7887 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 06:08 pm

Quoting lovebug:

If your nose itches, you soon fight with someone.

If your hand itches, you will soon receive money.



Can I make my hand itch? Does that count?

30.       portokal
2516 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 06:10 pm

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting AEnigma III:

Quoting Alisaxxx:

To cut bread in an uneven manner is a sign that you have been telling lies.



Ama....I never cut bread unevenly........ ops another lie lol lol lol



i never cut the breadlol



bread?:-S what is bread?



i donno,never seen it before is it something to eat?

hm... donno ... might be just something we cut very unevenly... lol


31.       turquoise
938 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 06:24 pm

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting AEnigma III:

Quoting Alisaxxx:

To cut bread in an uneven manner is a sign that you have been telling lies.



Ama....I never cut bread unevenly........ ops another lie lol lol lol



i never cut the breadlol



bread?:-S what is bread?



i donno,never seen it before is it something to eat?

hm... donno ... might be just something we cut very unevenly... lol




maybe something cursed cuz OMG!it makes you lie,i dont wanna see it or touch anymore lollol

32.       portokal
2516 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 06:37 pm

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting AEnigma III:

Quoting Alisaxxx:

To cut bread in an uneven manner is a sign that you have been telling lies.



Ama....I never cut bread unevenly........ ops another lie lol lol lol



i never cut the breadlol



bread?:-S what is bread?



i donno,never seen it before is it something to eat?

hm... donno ... might be just something we cut very unevenly... lol




maybe something cursed cuz OMG!it makes you lie,i dont wanna see it or touch anymore lollol



just admit, you're on a diet!

33.       turquoise
938 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 06:45 pm

Quoting portokal:



just admit, you're on a diet!



oh yeah since i gave it up im fat,i should be on a diet again no sugar no sult no bread no women no crylol

34.       portokal
2516 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 06:49 pm

Quoting turquoise:


no women no crylol



now that is just how a lot of men try to fool themselves lol

35.       turquoise
938 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 06:53 pm

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:


no women no crylol



now that is just how a lot of men try to fool themselves lol



yeah for you it should be no men yes cry lollol

36.       portokal
2516 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 06:57 pm

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:


no women no crylol



now that is just how a lot of men try to fool themselves lol



yeah for you it should be no men yes cry lollol



i don t agree.
if no woman no cry it means women cry when they have no men, but than again this means they do not cry when they have men so the second statement, no men yes cry just proves the falsity of no woman no cry first statement...lol lol lol

37.       turquoise
938 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 07:49 pm

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:


no women no crylol



now that is just how a lot of men try to fool themselves lol



yeah for you it should be no men yes cry lollol



i don t agree.
if no woman no cry it means women cry when they have no men, but than again this means they do not cry when they have men so the second statement, no men yes cry just proves the falsity of no woman no cry first statement...lol lol lol



well saidlollollollol you caught me but its not true ,you girls really making up very welllollollol

38.       Leelu
1746 posts
 22 Sep 2007 Sat 11:49 pm

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:


no women no crylol



now that is just how a lot of men try to fool themselves lol



yeah for you it should be no men yes cry lollol



i don t agree.
if no woman no cry it means women cry when they have no men, but than again this means they do not cry when they have men so the second statement, no men yes cry just proves the falsity of no woman no cry first statement...lol lol lol



Oh now I'm confused .. that's as clear as .. muuud ..

39.       turquoise
938 posts
 23 Sep 2007 Sun 12:21 am

Quoting Leelu:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:


no women no crylol



now that is just how a lot of men try to fool themselves lol



yeah for you it should be no men yes cry lollol



i don t agree.
if no woman no cry it means women cry when they have no men, but than again this means they do not cry when they have men so the second statement, no men yes cry just proves the falsity of no woman no cry first statement...lol lol lol



Oh now I'm confused .. that's as clear as .. muuud ..



dont worry leelu ,she tried to make sth up but couldnt succeedlollol

40.       portokal
2516 posts
 23 Sep 2007 Sun 10:05 am

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:


no women no crylol



now that is just how a lot of men try to fool themselves lol



yeah for you it should be no men yes cry lollol



i don t agree.
if no woman no cry it means women cry when they have no men, but than again this means they do not cry when they have men so the second statement, no men yes cry just proves the falsity of no woman no cry first statement...lol lol lol



well saidlollollollol you caught me but its not true ,you girls really making up very welllollollol



hm... first time it is well said... later it is making up... now this makes me cry...lol

41.       turquoise
938 posts
 23 Sep 2007 Sun 03:22 pm

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:


no women no crylol



now that is just how a lot of men try to fool themselves lol



yeah for you it should be no men yes cry lollol



i don t agree.
if no woman no cry it means women cry when they have no men, but than again this means they do not cry when they have men so the second statement, no men yes cry just proves the falsity of no woman no cry first statement...lol lol lol



well saidlollollollol you caught me but its not true ,you girls really making up very welllollollol



hm... first time it is well said... later it is making up... now this makes me cry...lol



stop crying...ahhh i guess you do need a babysitting as welllollol

i said 'well said' cuz you played with the words cleverly

42.       portokal
2516 posts
 23 Sep 2007 Sun 06:28 pm

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:


no women no crylol



now that is just how a lot of men try to fool themselves lol



yeah for you it should be no men yes cry lollol



i don t agree.
if no woman no cry it means women cry when they have no men, but than again this means they do not cry when they have men so the second statement, no men yes cry just proves the falsity of no woman no cry first statement...lol lol lol



well saidlollollollol you caught me but its not true ,you girls really making up very welllollollol



hm... first time it is well said... later it is making up... now this makes me cry...lol



stop crying...ahhh i guess you do need a babysitting as welllollol

i said 'well said' cuz you played with the words cleverly



thanks
babysitting... well... who doesn't? lol lol
i just don't want to end up melting in a bath tub or being overpowdered, or giggled all the time, or walked when i need sleep... lol lol lol

43.       turquoise
938 posts
 23 Sep 2007 Sun 06:33 pm

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:


no women no crylol



now that is just how a lot of men try to fool themselves lol



yeah for you it should be no men yes cry lollol



i don t agree.
if no woman no cry it means women cry when they have no men, but than again this means they do not cry when they have men so the second statement, no men yes cry just proves the falsity of no woman no cry first statement...lol lol lol



well saidlollollollol you caught me but its not true ,you girls really making up very welllollollol



hm... first time it is well said... later it is making up... now this makes me cry...lol



stop crying...ahhh i guess you do need a babysitting as welllollol

i said 'well said' cuz you played with the words cleverly



thanks
babysitting... well... who doesn't? lol lol
i just don't want to end up melting in a bath tub or being overpowdered, or giggled all the time, or walked when i need sleep... lol lol lol



well..ok your highnesslollolwhat else?lol

44.       portokal
2516 posts
 23 Sep 2007 Sun 06:54 pm

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:


no women no crylol



now that is just how a lot of men try to fool themselves lol



yeah for you it should be no men yes cry lollol



i don t agree.
if no woman no cry it means women cry when they have no men, but than again this means they do not cry when they have men so the second statement, no men yes cry just proves the falsity of no woman no cry first statement...lol lol lol



well saidlollollollol you caught me but its not true ,you girls really making up very welllollollol



hm... first time it is well said... later it is making up... now this makes me cry...lol



stop crying...ahhh i guess you do need a babysitting as welllollol

i said 'well said' cuz you played with the words cleverly



thanks
babysitting... well... who doesn't? lol lol
i just don't want to end up melting in a bath tub or being overpowdered, or giggled all the time, or walked when i need sleep... lol lol lol



well..ok your highnesslollolwhat else?lol




well... i like to play a lot... glass beans, i love the most. and i like to drink a bira from time to time

45.       turquoise
938 posts
 23 Sep 2007 Sun 07:13 pm

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:

Quoting portokal:

Quoting turquoise:


no women no crylol



now that is just how a lot of men try to fool themselves lol



yeah for you it should be no men yes cry lollol



i don t agree.
if no woman no cry it means women cry when they have no men, but than again this means they do not cry when they have men so the second statement, no men yes cry just proves the falsity of no woman no cry first statement...lol lol lol



well saidlollollollol you caught me but its not true ,you girls really making up very welllollollol



hm... first time it is well said... later it is making up... now this makes me cry...lol



stop crying...ahhh i guess you do need a babysitting as welllollol

i said 'well said' cuz you played with the words cleverly



thanks
babysitting... well... who doesn't? lol lol
i just don't want to end up melting in a bath tub or being overpowdered, or giggled all the time, or walked when i need sleep... lol lol lol



well..ok your highnesslollolwhat else?lol




well... i like to play a lot... glass beans, i love the most. and i like to drink a bira from time to time



well.. sorry i donno whats glass beans,find another game and i guess you would like to drink your beer in a baby feeding bottlelollollol

46.       AEnigma III
0 posts
 23 Sep 2007 Sun 07:15 pm

Will you two PLEASE cut down your quote/quote/quote/quote/quote/quote/quote/quote/quote/ !!!!!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! lol

47.       portokal
2516 posts
 23 Sep 2007 Sun 07:26 pm

Quote:

Quoting turquoise:




well.. sorry i donno whats glass beans,find another game and i guess you would like to drink your beer in a baby feeding bottlelollollol



I hate those bottles! That is why i grew up. To have a nice glass of liquid.
OK. backgammon then?

48.       portokal
2516 posts
 24 Sep 2007 Mon 12:05 am

Chemney-sweep brings good luck.

This superstition is said to originate from the fact that those houses which chimneys were sweeped didn't burn down...

I read an interview with the executive of a hungarian chimney-sweep company. According to his sayings, even in these days sweepers have sometimes uniforms buttons touched, or a sweep stripe is pulled out and put in the wallet by a passenger in order to bring her/him good luck.

49.       lendechy
67 posts
 25 Sep 2007 Tue 04:59 pm

If you are eating and you ask for the salt !!
don't ever take the salt from someone else hands, ask them to put the salt on the table so u can take it !!

50.       lendechy
67 posts
 25 Sep 2007 Tue 05:06 pm

Don't spill the salt. Although some people believe that Judas spilt salt during the last supper, this claim can't be proven. Salt was a very precious expensive commodity in the middle ages. It was also used for medicinal purposes. If you spilled any, you must immediately throw it over your left shoulder to strike the nasty spirits in the eye, thus preventing sickness

51.       Alisaxxx
425 posts
 27 Sep 2007 Thu 04:11 pm

It is universally considered unlucky to spill salt; if both salt and pepper are spilt at the same time, the force of this ill omen is doubled. If you help a person to salt, you will help him to sorrow.

52.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 27 Sep 2007 Thu 11:18 pm

has anyone ever come to any conclusion on superstitions?

about salt, it was dear long ago, any spilt salt was a huge waste! thats all about the super salt stions!

53.       lendechy
67 posts
 27 Sep 2007 Thu 11:24 pm

Quoting femme_fatal:

has anyone ever come to any conclusion on superstitions?

about salt, it was dear long ago, any spilt salt was a huge waste! thats all about the super salt stions!



yeah that could be !!
maybe is just about trying not to waste the salt !!

54.       Alisaxxx
425 posts
 28 Sep 2007 Fri 11:02 am

There are two origins for this. The first is at the last supper Judas spilt salt. He was the one who later betrayed Jesus. It is said the Romans had started this superstition.

The second comes from a time when salt was valued very highly. Infact, people were once payed in salt. So the spilling of salt was seen as a waste.

It should also be mentioned that salt was an integral part of religious rites by the Greeks and Romans. It was part of the sacrificial food offered up

See, i am full of usless info lol

55.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 28 Sep 2007 Fri 09:59 pm

Quoting Alisaxxx:

There are two origins for this. The first is at the last supper Judas spilt salt. He was the one who later betrayed Jesus. It is said the Romans had started this superstition.


who said so? any source?

56.       lendechy
67 posts
 28 Sep 2007 Fri 10:00 pm

Quoting femme_fatal:

Quoting Alisaxxx:

There are two origins for this. The first is at the last supper Judas spilt salt. He was the one who later betrayed Jesus. It is said the Romans had started this superstition.


who said so? any source?

57.       KeithL
1455 posts
 28 Sep 2007 Fri 10:02 pm

in DaVinci's last supper, Judas spilled the salt. One source that I am aware of.

58.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 28 Sep 2007 Fri 11:11 pm

Quoting KeithL:

in DaVinci's last supper, Judas spilled the salt. One source that I am aware of.


lol lol
a good fiction book lol

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