Love superstitions

[edit] History of Superstitions

Superstitions probably came about as a way for people who did not know anything about science to explain the world and what happens in it. Most of the old, common superstitions first started out as a way to ward off evil spirits. However, later in the years superstitions were more about having good or bad luck. Some of the superstitions that people believed were outrageous, and highly unlikely, while others made some kind of sense. One explanation for the outrageous ones is that something happened frequently in a village after something else, so they began to think that the first event caused it even though it was a coincidence.

[edit] Love superstitions

There are many common superstitions dealing with love and marriage. This is likely because a new marriage and love are such touchy topics. Everyone wants to have good luck in love and marriage, so that is probably why there were so many different beliefs and rituals surrounding it. Even today, most brides carry something old, new, borrowed, and blue with them when they get married. No one really believes in it any more, but it is a superstitious tradition carried over from when people did believe.

There are literally thousands of superstitions about love and marriage, because everyone falls in love and most marry. There is pretty much a superstition for every aspect of love and marriage. Each culture has a slightly different look on love, but the result is all the same. Everyone wants good luck and long life for his or her love and marriages. Below is a list of some common superstitions about love and marriage.

[edit] A list of some love superstitions

• A bride should use the first gift she opens at the shower first in her home
• The comments a bride makes about her gifts will be what she says on the wedding night
• Being married on different days of the week will bring different things
  • Monday for health
  • Tuesday for wealth
  • Wednesday for best of all
  • Thursday for losses
  • Friday for crosses
  • Saturday for no luck at all
• Different months also have different meaning as well
  • January -spouse will be loving, kind and true
  • February- fate will not affect you
  • March- joy and sorrow
  • April -joy
  • May- bad time to be married
  • June- traveling
  • July - hard work
  • August - changes
  • September - riches
  • October- lots of love, no money
  • November - joy
  • December - true, lasting love
• The first spouse to fall asleep on the wedding night will die first
• Marrying on the upswing of the clock will give better luck for the marriage

[edit] More love superstitions

Signs you will fall in love:

• Stumbling down stairs
• Hairy legs
• Dreaming of baths
• Putting a four-leaf clover in your shoe will ensure that you meet your future mate

To dream of a future love:

• Brush hair three times in front of mirror
• Sleep with a mirror under your pillow
• Count nine stars for nine nights
• Place daisies under pillow
• Wear nightgown inside out
• Rub headboard with lemon peel
• Sleep with someone else's wedding cake under your pillow