Friday + 13th = Bad Luck

13 is always considered unlucky. To spice it up if it comes on friday then it is sure that something bad is going to happen. 
For years together it is believed that combination of friday and 13 results into disaster. Any month's 13th day falls on a Friday if the month starts on a Sunday.

Historically, some very unlucky events were said to have occurred on the day. French King Philip IV rounded up hundreds of monks and tortured them for admitting to heresy on Friday, October 13, 1307. Some say Jesus Christ was crucified on Friday the 13th. More recently, on Friday, March 13, 1992, an earthquake in Turkey killed nearly 2,000 and left 50,000 homeless.

The No. 13 itself has long driven people crazy, in large part due to Friday the 13th. 

Lemon and Green chillies - A Good Business Option

For many, hanging a string of lemon and chillies in front of shops and houses may be a superstition but for some smart people it is a handsome business.

At least hundreds of such smart people wakes up at 4 am, visit the vegetable market, purchase quintals of lemon and green chilli and push a string through lemon and chilli. They then tie it and sell them in shops. According to many, this dangling of chilli and lemon is supposed to keep evil spirits out of your house or shop.

Healing Power of Serpents

In ancient Greece, at the temple of Aesculapius, the god of healing, large, yellow, nonpoisonous snakes were trained to lick the wounds of patients. Statues of Aesculapius usually show the god holding a staff with a serpent coiled around it. Today, the serpent coiled around a staff is the symbol of the medical profession.

Black Cat -- Mewwwwww

In Britain, on the Yorkshire coast, wives of fishermen believe that their menfolk will return safely if a black cat is kept in the house.

Black cats aren't bad luck everywhere. In the English Midlands, a black cat as a wedding present is thought to bring good luck to the bride.

A black cat crossing one's path by moonlight means death in an epidemic. ~Irish superstition

A very old belief is that if you kill a cat, you have to offer one in gold to a priest. - India


If a black cat that when they cross you on your path, you have to go back and take some other route to reach your destination otherwise something bad will happen to you. - India

Superstitious Viru

Virendra Sehwag said "I was supporting the opposition team Sri Lanka because of superstition". 

"I was not tense at all, because I was supporting Sri Lanka," Sehwag said after India staved off Sri Lanka's spirited response to eke out a narrow three-run victory. "I've this superstition that whenever I support India, we lose. So I was supporting Sri Lanka here and was never tense," explained Sehwag. Luckily this is really surprising coming from a fearless swash-bucking batsman. 

Don’t cry over spilled milk

How did this idiom originate? 

It believed to have come from fairy lore. It was thought that fairies could be attracted to a house or be appeased by making an offering at a shrine. Fairy’s favorite foods included wine, bread, fruit, honey and milk. So whenever milk was spilled, it was considered an offering to the fairies and its loss was discounted. Normally wasting food was strongly discouraged because of the difficult in feeding a family, but wasting milk was overlooked if it was an offering. If someone who spilled milk was reprimanded , the person doing the scolding was seen as willing to give this gift only grudgingly or reluctantly. This was thought to anger the fairies and bring bad luck upon the house.

PIG is "unclean" for Muslims and Jews

One of the reasons given for this is as a way to ensure good health. Pork would not only be prone to go off quickly in the Middle East but also harboured parasites that cooking would not kill. 

Superstitions

Man is a social animal and is weak in his conscience. That is why he lives in fear of unknown dangers that may strike, due to presence of an evil-spirit or ghost in a lonely or dark corner. All superstitions are signs of human weakness, particularly with reference to sights of ghosts and evil-spirits. In broad daylight, no one has ever seen a ghost or gets afraid thinking a ghost is nearby. Actually we ourselves are causes of such unforeseen misfortunes and accidents. We keep all such happenings at the back of our minds and go on thinking whenever lonely or in the dark. We should come out of such ignorant superstitions and try to be in good humour for good of all.