13 Exact Spooky Halloween Superstitions
By Sara Gray
There is so much more to Halloween than just superstitions ranging from snacks and Halloween! Halloween began with a long history of superstitions, goblins and witches, and folklore and fantasy. Halloween as we know it today was born of a very specific history. Many countries have some form of Halloween celebration - it is simply not just a Hallmark holiday that came with States.
One of these Halloween superstitions is that in the past (old days) a woman seeking a husband who has a sprig of rosemary and a Sixpence under her pillow on Halloween night. The superstition is that she dreams of her future husband that night!
What other superstitions Halloween? Some are interesting and enjoyable (13 superstitions, to be exact!)
1. Cats You know that old Halloween superstition which says that black cats are unlucky? Well, once it was believed that all cats with a black coat was in fact the devil, or eaten by evil spirits. In the Middle Ages black cats were hunted and burned on Easter. (poor little kitties!) But today, many families have pets such as cats and black not to give a second thought. I think we exceeded superstition! Good thing too, my little cat is black and I move mountains before, I let someone come and try to hunt her down!
Exactly the opposite of the black cat halloween superstition: in Britain, they believe that white cats are bad luck!
2. Another former British Nuts Halloween is superstition, people at one time believed that Satan was a nut-gatherers, so the night of Halloween, nuts were used as magic charms.
3. Candles An old saying was, if the flame of a candle goes out and comes to Halloween, then you have a ghost visiting you! I bet it was a great tactic to keep children "Scared Straight!
4. Witches Halloween superstition This is the ugly witch! Here's how it goes: Some people argued that if you put your clothes in and then walk back into the night of Halloween, then at midnight you can see a witch riding across the sky.
Witches have a long and interesting history, which take a completely different website to speak, but some thought that witches were the devil. The tests were designed to see if a woman is a witch or not.
Fearful crowds throw a woman suspected of being a witch by throwing in a body of water. If she floated, she was certainly a witch (oops I think at that time nobody knew that women Naturally float better than men!) If she died, she was not a witch (Sheesh! Not a great scenario for these poor women!)
5. When the bells ring a bell on Halloween, all the scary, evil spirits will soar. Are the bells? Think how you sound on Halloween night!
6. Owls hooting owls used to frighten many people. Some people believed that on Halloween night, owls immerse and feed the soul of every person to die that night. So if you heard an owl hooting, pull your pocket quickly and leave hanging. Then you'll be sure to dive owls. (What imagination!)
7. Here is a Celtic custom very old superstition ... On Halloween, a campfire was built and monitored until it came out. Then the ashes were used to make a big circle where each family in the village is a stone inside the circle. the next day, if necessary, the stone has been moved or damaged, then it means that someone in the family would die during the next year.
8. If a bat Bats flying in your house, beware! May you have some of the ghosts or spirits visit!
9. To learn more about bats or, on Halloween night, if you see a bat flitting around in the early evening, you'll have good weather tomorrow.
10. And a little more about bats and, last but not least spookily, where bats fly around the house on Halloween night 3 times, death is inevitable.
11. Repel evil spirits, you want to get rid of all evil? Simply walk back around the house three times before sunset on Halloween night and that banish all evil. (if only it were that simple!)
12. Addition to avoiding ... You can bury animal bones in your front yard (I think it's against the law now!). Or, for a photo of the animal outside, near your front door.
13. SPIDERS! If you see a spider on Halloween (what are the chances?), Then the spirit of a loved one is watching over you. (which is my favorite superstition)
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