thought provoking The Superstitions You Secretly Believe
List Rules Widely-held beliefs in supernatural causality - not ones you've made up yourself. No easily disproved old wives' tales.
What superstitions do you secretly believe? This superstitions list includes a lot of pretty common false beliefs that many superstitious people will recognize. Do you stop each day at 11:11 to make a wish? Do you find yourself throwing spilled salt over your shoulder without even stopping to consider why? Then you might be a superstitious person. Vote for the superstitions you secretly believe, vote down any that seem silly, and remember: You can always rerank this list in any order you want!
Common superstitions might not be based in actual fact, but that doesn't matter one bit to some: If we see a ladder, we're not walking under it. We will not, under any circumstances, open an umbrella indoors. And if a black cat crosses our path? We're pretty sure we're doomed. Superstitions, it seems, are strongly based in (often unfounded) fear - and a belief in luck. Is there such a thing as beginner's luck? If you find a four leaf clover, will your luck change?
If you're curious about how some of these superstitions came to be, check out this really interesting list of the 13 origins of the most common superstitions. You should also read and go vote on some of these superstition quotes and sayings.
1 1,671 566 
Knocking on Wood Knock on wood after a positive statement to avoid "tempting the fates" to do bad
2 1,447 565 
Wishing on a Star Wish on a star (ideally a shooting star) for the best chance that your wish will come true
3 1,338 605 
Four-Leaf Clover If you accidentally find a four-leaf clover, it will bring you luck
4 1,307 741 
Bad News Comes in Threes If two unlucky events occur in a short time, a third will happen soon
5 868 961 
Breaking a Mirror If you break a mirror, you will have 7 years of bad luck
6 1,207 676 
Lucky Penny Find a penny, pick it up: All day long, you'll have good luck! (Only works when penny is heads-up.)
7 868 981 
Don't Open An Umbrella Inside If you open an umbrella indoors, you will have bad luck
8 1,044 788 
Beginner's Luck Try out a new sport or game to experience the most success
9 916 422 
memyselfandi added Crossing Your Fingers for Luck If you cross your fingers when you say something you hope will happen, it will come true
10 873 879 
Walking Under a Ladder If you walk underneath a ladder, you will have bad luck
11 1,151 694 
"Bless You" Say "God Bless You" when someone sneezes to stop his soul from escaping / protect him from the bubonic plague
12 957 742 
The Wishbone Whoever cracks the bigger piece of the turkey wishbone will have his wish come true
13 774 939 
Spilled Salt If you spill salt, you will have bad luck unless you toss some over your left shoulder into the face of the Devil
14 569 952 
Horseshoes A horseshoe hung with the ends pointing upward will collect good luck; mounted point-down, the good luck will fall out
15 659 785 
carlybobarly added Wishing at 11:11 If you look at a clock when it is 11:11 and make a wish, it will come true
16 529 988 
Clark Benson added Fortune Cookies If you crack open a fortune cookie, the message inside will come true
17 324 1,152 
Rabbit's Foot If you carry around the foot of a dead rabbit, you will have good luck
18 515 1,115 
Black Cat Crossing Your Path If a black cat runs in front of you, you will have bad luck
19 578 987 
The Number 13 If you stay on the 13th floor of a hotel or have 13 guests around a table (for example), something terrible will happen
20 291 406 
Itchy Palms Has to Do With Money
21 317 611 
Gypsy Curses If a gypsy puts a curse on you, you will have bad luck
22 242 391 
Ears Are Burning
23 74 75 
Voodoo
24 62 84 
Friday the 13th
25 150 70 
Exotickitten731 added Never play the Ouija Board Alone.
26 200 531 
Your Rituals Have Power Over the Outcome of Sporting Events If you wear your lucky hat or jersey or sit in your lucky chair, your team will have a better chance of winning
27 132 72 Exotickitten731 added Never use an Ouija Board in a Graveyard
28 366 1,090 
Buster McDermott added Don't Step On a Crack If you step on a sidewalk crack, you will break your mother's back
29 174 726 
Dogs Howling at Night Dogs are in tune with the supernatural, so if they howl, it's a bad omen
30 140 435 
How You Start Your Year Is How You Will End It
31 251 1,085 
Shoes on the Table Placing shoes on a table will bring you bad luck
32 65 488 
Bad Luck to Put a Hat On a Bed
33 231 1,082 
HoserUSC added Purse On the Floor If you put a purse on the floor, you will stay or go broke
34 174 1,147 
zxray added Owls Hooting If you hear an owl, someone you know will die
35 81 95 Exotickitten731 added Never take your finger off the Ouija board, it invites dark spirits to cross into our realm.
36 89 439 
Bird in the House Is a Sign of Death If a bird got into my dog-filled house, it would be the bird's death.
37 4 16 
GenjiMan added Being in a middle of a picture If you see you're on a middle of someone's picture, you may die
If you see you're on a middle of someone's picture, you may die
38 100 1,134 
Bootsdad added Walking in One Shoe If you walk around with only one shoe on, you will have bad luck
