Knock on wood: 7 common superstitions and the quirky explanations behind them

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Knock on wood: 7 common superstitions and the quirky explanations behind them
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Anyone else avoid walking under ladders? 🪜👀 You know, just in case.

There's a long list of superstitions many of us follow, but why? It turns out there are explanations.In case it’s not enough that breaking a mirror may bring bad luck, that bad luck is said to then persist for seven whole years.

There is good news, though. It is said that if you bury the broken pieces of a mirror underground and under the moonlight, you can avoid the bad luck.You may be surprised to know that black cats are actually thought to bring good luck in England, Ireland and ancient Egypt — so much so that the cats were well-protected from death and injury.Other parts of Europe, during the Middle Ages, thought of cats as companions of witches, or even witches in disguise.

In medieval times, ladders were often associated with gallows, which is where people faced death by hanging. If someone walked under a ladder, it was believed that person would eventually face their death by hanging.

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