While Saturdays are party days in today’s world, in the past there were quite a few surprising superstitions surrounding this day.
1. Cutting Fingernails
Cutting your fingernails on a Saturday will only lead to disappointment.
2. Marriage
Saturday weddings are thought to be unlucky. Unfortunately, it is usually the one day of the week when people either have off or can get a day off.
3. Witches Midnight Hour
The midnight between Friday and Saturday was said to be a powerful hour for witches and covens.
4. New Moon
According to weather lore, when a new moon falls on a Saturday, the next twenty days will be wet and windy.
5. Baptism
Children should only be baptized on a Saturday.
6. Thunder
Thunder on a Saturday was said to mean a judge or politician had passed away.
7. Ghosts
People born on Saturday are said to have the ability to see ghosts.
8. Rainbow
If you see a rainbow on a Saturday, the rest of the week will have crappy weather.
9. Hiring People
People hired on a Saturday never stick around.
10. Dirty Sluts
It was believed that people who did their laundry on Saturdays were dirty sluts, aka “clarty-paps.”
