Superstitions
Ireland
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Meanings
Food
200
The word "Salary" is derived from the Latin for what____. Meaning "He is worth his______".
Answer: Salt DD**
200
Ireland's Great Famine, which lasted from 1845 to 1852, started with a massive destruction of what staple crop by the fungus-like organism Phytophthora infestans?
Answer: Potato DD**
200
Athens, Greece
DD**
200
"Catadapa" is the Greek word for _______________, in which the term "cats and dogs" came from because it sounds like the phrase "Its raining cats & dogs" In indication for heavy rain, which has a similar sound as ________
Waterfall DD**
200
A company called Mycorrhiza Biotech's products include pine seedlings inoculated with the bianchetto variety of what fungus that is highly valuable to chefs?
Answer: Truffle
400
The ancient Romans identified this with evil, Therefore they considered it unlucky to enter a house with their left foot first. Families would employ a servant to make sure whose duty it was to ensure that guests entered the Master's home with the right foot first. This slave's office became known as that of a "footman". The belief has evolved to a superstition of waking up in the morning doing this act?
Getting out of bed on the wrong side DD **
400
After the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, Gaelic culture no longer faced a major threat from what seafaring Norse people?
Answer: Vikings DD**
400
Florence, Italy
DD**
400
"Jour" is a french word for _---
Day DD**
400
Jim Dandy’s known for a quick version of hot cereal that’s made from finely ground corn. What’s the dish called?
Answer: Grits DD**
600
To give this to a person is a beautiful custom. It is the constant reminder of someone loved-originally it was worn or carried to dominate the donor. An ancient superstition that it was the seat of one's vital spirit. Whoever had it was able to influence or bewitch the person to whom it belonged. Thus whoever bestowed it on a chosen person, entrusted their lives to them. A symbol of love and trust.
Locket of Hair
600
Used as one of the symbols of Ireland, the Library of Trinity College Dublin is home to a famous 29-stringed version of what instrument?
Answer: Harp
600
Beijing, China
600
Meaning of the Greek word "tragos"
Goat DD**
600
Manti in Afghanistan, Pierogi in Poland, and Gyoza in Japan are just some examples of the countless varieties that can be found throughout the world of what foodstuff?
Answer: Dumplings
700
This ancient act caused fear in people's mind and has been taught it is rude. Roots date bad to the plaques that had befallen the Egyptians who said "This is the finger of God" Exodus 8:15. What is it?
Pointing the Finger
700
What oratorio by George Frideric Handel, whose "Hallelujah Chorus" is one of the most famous choral pieces of all time, premiered in Dublin's New Music Hall on 13 April 1742?
Answer: Messiah
700
Bangkok, Thailand
700
Old English word which meant " standing room"
stall
700
What common herb do some eaters complain tastes of soap? Some consumers of this plant in the family Apiaceae have a variation in their olfactory-receptor genes which brings out the soapy taste of this plant’s leaves.
Answer: Cilantro (coriander)
800
Doing this at sea will cause a hazardous gale
Whistling at Sea
800
Honoring a bird that once roamed the market, "Alec the Goose" is a statue that can be found in St. George's Market in what city, the capital of Northern Ireland?
Answer: Belfast
800
Bali, Indonesia
800
Latin word for "day"
dial
800
Which Mexican beverage is made with plant milk (usually rice) and sweetened with sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon?
Answer: Horchata
1000
Witches are afraid of this animal__________
Horses, which is why Horseshoes are place on the door of homes.
1000
What river whose name is also a common woman's first name is the longest in Ireland, at 224 miles?
Shannon
1000
Tokyo, Japan
1000
Greek word meaning "time of day"
hour
1000
Which expensive spice is made from the dried stigmas of an eponymous species of crocus?
Answer: Saffron