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Universidad de Guanajuato Campus Guanajuato DCNyE Dpto. de Ingeniería Química Taller de Lengua Extranjera IV ID20104 Presentation Profesor: María Trinidad Carrillo Quezada Alumna: Mariana Cecilia Tiscareño Peregrina Fecha: martes 14 de octubre de 2014

Superstitions Around the World

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Superstitions around the world

Universidad de GuanajuatoCampus Guanajuato

DCNyE

Dpto. de Ingeniería Química

Taller de Lengua Extranjera IV

ID20104

Presentation

Profesor: María Trinidad Carrillo Quezada

Alumna: Mariana Cecilia Tiscareño Peregrina

Fecha: martes 14 de octubre de 2014

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Superstitions are something which we tend to believe in even though we are not supposed to. “MYTHS” which bind our mental framework and our mind starts functioning according to that. Certain superstitious beliefs have a scientific base too. Even though people are unaware of the scientific cause label it under a superstition. There are certain bizarre or what we might call weird superstitions all across the world and I would like to list a few of them here.

Japan

In Japan there are three bad luck numbers: 4, 9 and 2. The number four is pronounced as “shi” which means “dead” in Japanese. Number nine is pronounced “ku” and since that rimes with “kutsuu” which means “pain”, the Japanese associate them. The numbers four and two together are pronounced “shi-ni” which means “die”, that’s why the number 42 is of bad luck. Also the number 24, pronounced “ni-shi” is of bad luck since it means “double dead”.

Another strong superstition in Japan is that, when you walk through a cemetery you must put your tombs inside your jean’s pocket. This is because the word tomb in Japanese is literally traduced as “parent-finger”, so when you hide it you are protecting your parents from dead.

Russia

In Russia it is believed that a bird pooping over you, your house or your car is a sign of good luck.

Step over someone else’s foot can happen to anybody, well in Russia when someone steps over other person’s foot, that person must do the same to him. It’s believed that if he or she doesn’t those 2 people will end up fighting or arguing.

If a single woman sits at the corner of the table it means that she won’t get married in the next five years.

If you take out the trash after six p.m. or whistle inside your house it means that in that home there will be big economic problems. Unlike other countries, a broken plate can be a sign of good luck.

Also you can’t leave empty bottles over the table since that means that the table wiil be continually empty of food.

India

The indian wives in the old indian world were burned with their husbands after they died. This costum was mostly a preventive action to stop the women from falling in the temptation of poisoning her husband in case she met another man.

By studying the stars the astrologists get to decide the first letter of the name that parents must give to their baby to bring good luck, what career should he or she study, who he or she must marry and which day should the wedding be celebrated. It’s believed that if somebody tries to go against his horoscope, he or she will fail and just a miracle can make his life work again.

According to the indian astrology, the manglik, “cursed” for marriage can marry just another manglik. By challenging their fate they can be victims of a sudden widowhood.

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France

According to the French when a toast is made you must always look at the person you’re toasting with in the eyes of you’ll have 7 years with bad or without sex.

Is pretty bad luck to hurt a ladybug. This insect is very dear to many adults and children and the French call her “la bête du bon Dieu” (the beast of good God). Also is a ladybug stays in your arm you must not scare her away, instead, wait for it to fly away and make a wish.

Mexico

Never walk beneath a ladder.Never cross a black cat's path.If you drop a tortilla, you will have lots of company or an undesirable visit.If you cut a baby's fingernails before the age of one year, the child will have impaired eyesight.Tuesday is unlucky; never start a journey or anything important on this day

USA

Find a penny, pick it up and all day long, you'll have good luck. This might also be a spin-off of another old rhyme, "See a pin, pick it up/ and all day long you'll have good luck/ See a pin, let it lay/ and your luck will pass away."

Beginner's luck is the idea that newbies are unusually likely to win when they try out a sport, game or activity for the first time.

Three sixes in a row give some people the chills. It is often interpreted as the mark of Satan and a sign of the end times.

Conclusion

We all have some weird beliefs, such as some of us specially like the number ‘3’,some feel that a particular pen might be special for them, some others believe that a particular color turns out to be lucky for them. I mean we all have something around us which works in a different way and even if it doesn’t then we have a situational myth attached to it.

References

http://sobrelistas.blogspot.mx/2010/11/la-supersticiones-mas-curiosas-del.html http://es.rbth.com/articles/2010/09/27/doce_supersticiones_rusas04771.html http://www.life123.com/holidays/halloween/superstitions/mexican-

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