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13-07-2014, 08:56 PM
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Julie, I don't believe it.
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Stella.....beware!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Stella H ->
Don't walk under a ladder it brings bad luck - what a load of rubbish! Oh dear, perhaps that's a superstition though - not an old wive's tale.
I think it's because you might get a tin of paint sploshing on to your head
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13-07-2014, 11:56 PM
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[QUOTE=Stella H;500147]Don't walk under a ladder it brings bad luck - what a load of rubbish! Oh dear, perhaps that's a superstition though - not an old wive's tale.[/QUOTE]


I don't think there's a difference Stella, is there? Aren't old wives tales the same as superstition? You've got me thinking now . . .
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13-07-2014, 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Rachel ->
I think it's because you might get a tin of paint sploshing on to your head

I agree with you Rachel. I think that one is more common sense that superstition!
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14-07-2014, 07:46 AM
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[QUOTE=Mups;500277]
Originally Posted by Stella H ->
Don't walk under a ladder it brings bad luck - what a load of rubbish! Oh dear, perhaps that's a superstition though - not an old wive's tale.[/QUOTE]


I don't think there's a difference Stella, is there? Aren't old wives tales the same as superstition? You've got me thinking now . . .
Old wives tales often have a bit of truth in them example would be the cheese I mentioned earlier. Superstitions have no base in reality generally at all.
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14-07-2014, 09:50 AM
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You've got me puzzled now Mups too.
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Then my work here is done
 
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