Category: Culture

There are frog superstitions from all over the world and nearly all of the old folk superstitions are a touch weird, if not completely bogus….

There are old superstitions about almost everything, including your ears. For example, did you know that astrologers long ago decided that the right ear was…

There is little wonder as to why there are so many superstitions about dogs. After all, long ago, dogs were sacred to the goddess Hecate,…

There were numerous fern plant superstitions in the past and the plant itself was associated with the fairies. Fern plants also took a predominant place…

People have eaten eggs since time forgotten, so it is little wonder that the world is full of chicken egg superstitions. After all, the egg…

In the early 20th century, ghost or spirit photographs were all the rage. Newspapers across the U.S. were publishing these photos, either to marvel at…

There are numerous fairy and elf superstitions worldwide, but the most popular superstitions come to use from Ireland where the fairies were said to be…

How did people celebrate May Day with poles and dancing? Was this strictly something done in Europe or was there a time when people in…

Odd sounds and sounds coming from unexpected places and times often had superstitions attached to them. Some of those superstitions were fairly good, but most…

The “Advice to the Lovelorn” column, published in the Omaha Daily Bee back in the early 1900s, was, for many, the best part of the…