Science Vs Superstition

superstition vs science debate

Returning a neighbour’s plate dirty (not washed) brings good luck; washing it brings bad luck
Giving “birthday bumps” (lifting the birthday person for each year of age) brings luck
Some highways are believed to be haunted; honking or praying wards off spirits
Touching or knocking on wood, especially maple, brings good luck
Rain on your wedding day is good luck, as a wet knot is harder to untie
Hosting a house-cooling party before moving wards off bad spirits
Burning a piece of bannock bread before eating feeds ancestral spirits and brings luck (First Nations)
Blessing someone when they sneeze prevents their soul from leaving their body
Running around St. Andrews-on-the-Red in Manitoba three times at midnight will make you disappear
Eating fish from the head downward (or widest part first for a filet) brings good luck