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Rules of the Church
Common Superstitions
Elizabethan Superstitions
100
Wrong (Wicked or sinful)
What is belief in witches, fairies, ghosts, and the influence of stars?
100
Bad luck
What is a black cat walking across a street, bad luck or good luck?
100
Bad luck, or a plague is coming.
What is raven's symbolization?
200
Spitting, telling jokes, falling asleep, shouting out, and sometimes shooting guns.
What is the nature of more mature men in the church?
200
It is unlucky
What is the meaning of the number thirteen? Is it lucky or not?
200
Ward off witches and ghosts.
What is charms for?
300
before the Protestant Reformation
What is the time when priests didn't enjoy standing up preaching?
300
So you don't jinx anything.
What is knocking on wood for?
300
Defending against evil spirits.
What is hanging a horseshoe on a door?
400
They were destroyed.
What is the action upon sacred objects?
400
NO, they become your "lucky" socks, no matter how bad they smell.
What is winning a game continuously in the same pair of socks? Should you wash them or not?
400
Protection against the devil.
What is an amulet?
500
Pages from Scriptures worn as protection from the Devil. Reading the chapters of the Bible to the sick.
What are magical powers people of the church believed they had?
500
Bad luck, your team will lose.
What is stepping on the line, or foul line?
500
Bad luck
What is stepping on cracks?