Part 1: Living with Superstitious Beliefs
Three persons in a picture means the one at the middle will die.Dr Abe V Rotor
There are 205 superstitious beliefs in this list. Check those you believe to be true. Superstition may have scientific basis. Superstition is also influenced greatly by personal experience. Old folks usually affirm many superstitious beliefs. Why don't you listen to them once in a while? Superstition is after all part of culture in any part of the world.
1. Tikbalang (Filipino version of a centaur) comes out when it is raining while the sun is out. Forego your trip when a black cat crosses your path – it is bad luck.
2. Don’t clean the house at night, more so, if you sweep the dirt out of the door. You drive good luck away, (Lalabas ang suwerte.)
3. If you get lost in the wilderness, reverse your shirt, so that you will be able find your way back.
4. Don’t hang on the window; you court bad luck.
5. Three persons in a picture means the one at the middle will die.
6. A mole (taling) on the sole indicates the person is a wanderer (gala’).
7. A mole (taling) located along the path of tears means the person is going to be widowed.
8. Bride must never try her bridal gown before the wedding; the ceremony might not push through.
9. Forego your trip if a black cat crosses your way
10. Itchy palm means you are going to have money.
11. Keep your fingers close together and if light seeps through between them, it means you are not frugal.
12. Singing while cooking means you are going to remain a bachelor or spinster – or marry someone much older than you.
13. A victim of maternal impression (paglilihi) loses pep (sigla) and may even get sick.
14. If a pregnant woman is in labor, never sit at the center of the stair.
15. A comet in the sky means war is coming.
16. Eat raw eggs to enhance easy delivery of your baby.
17. A pregnant mother should not eat eggplant, else her baby will have dark complexion.
18. One who cries every time she cuts onions means she does not love her father- and mother-in-law (biyanan).
19. Taking a bath immediately after ironing clothes will make you sick of leprosy.
20. If a pregnant woman eats eggs, her child will be born blind.
21. Full moon causes abnormal behavior. People who are affected by this belief are called lunatics.
22. Beware of Friday the 13th, you might meet an accident.
23. No two siblings should marry within the same year, otherwise their marriages will not be successful.
24. When someone gives you a footwear as a gift, be sure to pay him any amount in order to break the omen that you will be “kicked” or pushed around.
25. When the pregnant wife skips or walks over (laktawan) her husband, the husband will bear the burden of paglilihi (maternal impression).
26. If you want a person to be sad and to cry often, give him or her a handkerchief as a gift.
27. One who is about to be wed must remain at home to avoid accident.
28. Avoid having your feet pointed at the door while sleeping.
29. Prepare rice cake like suman and tikoy on New Year so that good luck will stick around.
30. When planting be sure your stomach is full, so that you will get good harvest.
31. If you accidentally break a glass or china, get a similar one and break it, otherwise bad luck will haunt you.
32. Breaking a mirror means “seven years itch.”
33. If you dream you lost a tooth, it means is bad luck. To break the omen, silently go to a tree and tell your dream so that it will be the tree that will suffer.
34. Needle bought in the afternoon is likely to rust.
35. A birthday celebrant must take extra precaution against accident, so with a new graduate.
36. The bride should not look behind while marching the aisle, otherwise the wedding will not be disrupted.
37. The number of steps of a stair is based on the alternate oro (gold)-plata (silver) formula. Aim for oro in the last or highest step.
38. Wearing bright clothes, especially red, on your birthday makes the day happy.
39. After the wedding the man must exit first from the church so that he will not become a henpeck husband.
40. Don’t give your loved one a necklace, otherwise your relationship will not last.
41. Don’t allow your friend to remove your ring, otherwise you will quarrel.
42. Kill a chicken for a new born baby as an offering.
43. Sweeping or cleaning the house while a dead relative is in wake will lead to the death of another member of the family.
44. Eating jackfruit during menstruation is prohibited otherwise the woman will get sick and even die.
45. When planting sitao (string bean), place a comb on your hair to induce the production of abundant long fruits.
46. Eating chicken cooked with squash will cause leprosy.
47. A woman on her menstrual period should not visit a garden or orchard otherwise the plants will become sick or die.
48. To know if it is true jade, it remains cool even if the body is warm.
49. Beware of the werewolf. Man can turn into a wolf, and vice versa.
50. Eight (8) is a lucky number; 8 is infinity. It means money will circulate.
51. Four (4) means in Chinese C or death. Every time you reach an age with the number 9 or 4, take precaution; you are prone to accident.
52. Don’t cut fingernails at night; it’s bad luck.
53. In Chinese marriage, the woman walks backward led by a relative to be delivered to the bridegroom.
54. If a child keeps spitting, it will rain.
55. If you point at the moon your will suffer a cut.
56. Babies smile at angels we don’t see.
57. Fixed marriage at birth is good luck.
58. Chinese calendar is late by two months – New Year is in February.
Chinese age starts one year at birth.
59. Palm lines may change, so with our lives.
60. Blessed palm on Easter Sunday is hang at the door for good luck.
61. First cut hair and fingernails of a baby must be kept in a book so that he will be intelligent.
62. Wearing black is symbol of mourning; to the Chinese it is wearing all white.
63. Among the Chinese, miniaturized house, car and the like, go with the departed to assure him of a happy afterlife.
64. In a Chinese temple, you offer food to the gods, and then eat it after. This is not the case in Filipino custom; just leave the food offering (atang).
65. To the Chinese, paper money goes with the dead; it will be converted into real money in afterlife.
66. Light candles outside of the house during All Saints Day in deference to of the souls of the dead and the unseen.
67. When you happen to encounter a funeral entourage, throw some coins in respect of the dead.
68. Don’t stand in front of a gate if you are pregnant.
69. If by mistake it’s the bride that hands over the arras to the bridegroom, expect that she will be the breadwinner.
70. Diamond studded wedding rings do not make a perfect relationship.
71. When blessing a new vehicle, sprinkler fresh blood of chicken in tires and engine to bad omen of accident.
72. Place some coins in the foundation of buildings and other structures during ground breaking ceremony to make them strong and withstand time.
73. Children are sacrificed in making bridges and other infrastructure.
74. Bury placenta with rosary and pencil so that the child will be both intelligent and God-fearing.
75. Palms with crisscross lines (rapas Ilk) means the person is cruel.
76. Palms with netted lines means the person has an unorganized life (magulong buhay).
77. Shake (pagpagin) the items such as clothes after a customer had left without buying any, to break bad luck.
78. Place money in a bed pan (arinola), so that it becomes plentiful.
79. Babies that fall from their cradle do not suffer injury, thanks to their guardian angels.
80. When you give a wallet as gift be sure you put a coin or a money bill in it so that the wallet won’t run out of money.
81. When transferring to a new house carry with you 24 oranges, salt, water, and rice.
82. Jade stones around the wrist of a baby indicate his condition. If they turn light in color the baby is not well.
83. When transferring a dead person into the house, be sure it is head first; when taking him out, it is feet first.
100. Bed must not face the door, otherwise the sleeping person will become a victim of bangongot.
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