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10 Fun Superstitions About Finding Things

If you like finding things, then you will love these superstitions about finding odd bits of this and that. 1. Corn Kernel If, while walking…

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10 Rotten Old Superstitions About Harming Your Enemies

The past holds plenty of old superstitions involving enemies. Some of the superstitions bordered on being spells, cast to get rid of an enemy for…

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Odd Superstitions About Ashes

Ashes have long been a symbol for fertility and many of the superstitions about ashes reflect this fact. They have also been used in good…

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10 Interesting Apron Superstitions From the Past

There was a time when women wore aprons while doing their housework which is why there are so many superstitions about aprons. 1. Comes Untied…

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10 Old Easter Superstitions

The Easter we celebrate today is a mix of Pagan and Christian customs and superstitions. Many people do not realize that their actions on this…

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Tattoo Trends in 1893 London – Victorian Era Tattoos

While a number of people think that tattoos have only recently gained in popularity, the truth is that they have been popular since before the…

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10 Strange Apple Superstitions From the Past

The apple tree and its fruit have been the center of superstitions and magical folklore for centuries. The fruit is associated with love, divination, good…

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Ancient Crete Women as Early Suffragettes

In the early 20th century, there were many attempts within newspapers to show that women once had power, such as the women of ancient Crete….

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10 Unusual Ant Superstitions

Most ant superstitions are tied to the weather. Our ancestors believed that the lowly ant was better at predicting the weather than most other animals….

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10 Fashion Fails from the Early 1900s

Every year brings us a slew of fashion fails from across the world, but how about those fashion fails from the past? What crazy fads…

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