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To find out more about superstitions and facts behind them, just click on this pin! Some of the most common superstitions and how they got started in the first place. Even though most of them sound meaningless and vague to us, sometimes we just can’t help ourselves. Most of them have scientific reasons behind them. These are intersting facts about superstitions. Don't go right home after a funeral. #riddler #interestingfacts #myths #superstitions #riddlerfacts
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Whether you heard it through the grapevine or from your mama, these superstitions are well-known around the South.
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Southerners are big on superstitions and in Liberty County, we are sure to follow them very carefully! Many of our superstitious ways have been carefully passed down and kept alive and well through many generations. They have been working for as long as we can remember, so why stop following them now?! Start your new
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What do the fates have in store for the year to come? No one really knows, of course, but read on for some of the unusual superstitions that might help improve your luck!
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13 Southern Superstitions - Liberty County
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A handy homeowner's guide for keeping the supernatural at bay The South is filled with family and cultural traditions. From what to eat to how to dress, there are expectations to be followed throughout the year. By no surprise, most of these modern-day traditions have deep roots in superstitions. Here…
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Like many regions with a very specific identity, the South has plenty of folklore. And within that folklore, you can find several old-fashioned ways to repel spirits, or "haints."So what is a "haint?" It's just another word for a ghost or spirit, a derivative of "haunt." For centuries, Southerners h...
George Casely uses a hazel twig to find water on the land around his Devon farm. According to the original caption "Casely has the power of divining and has sunk a well in several of his pastures".
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My Eastern Kentucky Mamaw with one of my sisters. From "The Day Papaw's Rooster Crowed: A Mountain Superstition Come to Life" on Appalroot Farm: A blog inspiring those with Appalachian roots to celebrate their heritage. www.appalrootfarm.com
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Articles on oral traditions, myths, old wives’ tales, fables, tall tales, legends, and ballad lore, back to 2006. Most recent articles appear first.
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Superstition: Knocking wood for luck may well come from times when people believed that trees served as the homes for protective spirits or gods. Since trees are so firmly rooted in the earth, knocking wood may have had the additional aspect of intensifying a wish.
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Are your premises safe against haints, furies & other such ornery spirits? Seen a sudden upsurge of bottles dangling upside down in trees?
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(A street sign near Grace Sherwood's statue and near Witchduck Road, which leads to the river where she was ducked) As promised, Mom and I ...
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Appalachian superstitions
Every nation has their Old Wives’ Tales and Italy is no exception. I go to Southern Italy often on holiday to see my family and not one year goes by when I get yelled at for doing something that I shouldn’t be doing on a certain day. The main thing […]
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Appalachian Folklore Omens, Signs and Superstitions [Richmond, Nancy] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Appalachian Folklore Omens, Signs and Superstitions
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Death superstitions are as contradictory as they are common! But here are 8 simple ones to apparently avoid a death in the family.
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Haunted Deep South: Southern Superstitions
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