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Good & Bad Luck Superstitions
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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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