Sik [Sic] List of Bad Luck Superstitions -- Top 13

1) Breaking a mirror -- the classic tale of 7 years bad luck, buddy
2) Black cat crosses your path -- most of us have had this one happen dozens of times, which is why you should blame black cats for any bad luck in your life
3) Spilling salt -- never understood how throwing some more over your shoulder was supposed to help with this one because you're just spilling more salt when you throw it
4) Walking under a ladder -- probably not the best idea anyways, hence the superstition
5) Opening an umbrella inside a house -- probably started when someone opened a wet umbrella inside someone's house, causing the ire of the host, who also happened to be proficient at gypsy curses
6) Step on a crack, break your mother's back -- a childhood classic; who wanted to be the one kid that broke their mother's back?
7) Saying a blessing after someone sneezes -- this one is confusing because people are screwed when they're alone and they sneeze anyways, unless one is allowed to bless oneself after a sneeze
8) A bird flying into a house -- the definition of bad luck, but maybe not an omen of death as some believe
9) Seeing an owl in daylight -- a very old superstition; the book Philip K. Dick was writing when he died is called The Owl in Daylight
10) The groom seeing the wedding dress before the ceremony -- supposed to bad luck for the marriage, but this belief has lost its relevance lately
11) Hat on a bed -- don't put your hat on the bed because it is bad luck apparently; this one always makes me think of the movie Drugstore Cowboy
12) When driving through a red or yellow light, kiss your hand and touch the ceiling -- I'm a huge fan of modern myths like this, and there are a great number to do with cars; this one is particularly funny when a whole carload does it in tandem
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