Comments on: Thirteen Superstitions, 15th http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/ Displaced. Dysfunctional. Discombobulated. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:28:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: J. Lynne http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/comment-page-1/#comment-657 J. Lynne Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:43:48 +0000 http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/#comment-657 The Templars/Friday the 13th Superstition is one of my favorites, but I usually save that one for a Friday the Thirteenth conversation. Anything to do with the Templars. They're such a fun secret society. I'd have to go look it up, but somewhere I remember reading about a dinner club that used to meet that was always 13 diners and was all about the number 13 just to debunk the whole superstition. It was some rich, eccentric society guy that started it, of course. The Templars/Friday the 13th Superstition is one of my favorites, but I usually save that one for a Friday the Thirteenth conversation. Anything to do with the Templars. They’re such a fun secret society.

I’d have to go look it up, but somewhere I remember reading about a dinner club that used to meet that was always 13 diners and was all about the number 13 just to debunk the whole superstition. It was some rich, eccentric society guy that started it, of course.

]]> By: Damozel http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/comment-page-1/#comment-650 Damozel Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:17:23 +0000 http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/#comment-650 Ridiculous as it is, I've always been a bit nervous about the number 13. I didn't realize that the superstition went back so far...I thought it had something to do with the fact that the templars were rounded up on friday 13. But if the superstition about the owls were true, I'd have died a hundred times. We have one that loves to fly round the house and hoot its beak off.... Ridiculous as it is, I’ve always been a bit nervous about the number 13. I didn’t realize that the superstition went back so far…I thought it had something to do with the fact that the templars were rounded up on friday 13. But if the superstition about the owls were true, I’d have died a hundred times. We have one that loves to fly round the house and hoot its beak off….

]]> By: beautyredefined http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/comment-page-1/#comment-640 beautyredefined Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:27:29 +0000 http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/#comment-640 Nice - I love Friday the 13ths; I was born on one. :) Nice – I love Friday the 13ths; I was born on one. :)

]]> By: Janet http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/comment-page-1/#comment-633 Janet Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:12:20 +0000 http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/#comment-633 Here, when we shiver, we say a goose must've walked over my grave! Great list! Here, when we shiver, we say a goose must’ve walked over my grave!

Great list!

]]> By: The Gal Herself http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/comment-page-1/#comment-631 The Gal Herself Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:54:26 +0000 http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/#comment-631 The 7th son of a 7th son … people don't typically have families that big anymore, so I suppose it's even MORE rare to run into them these days. Thanks for stopping by my TT. The 7th son of a 7th son … people don’t typically have families that big anymore, so I suppose it’s even MORE rare to run into them these days.

Thanks for stopping by my TT.

]]> By: ellen b http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/comment-page-1/#comment-630 ellen b Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:22:29 +0000 http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/#comment-630 Whoa! Thanks for all that work! Interesting.... Whoa! Thanks for all that work! Interesting….

]]> By: Ornery's Wife http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/comment-page-1/#comment-629 Ornery's Wife Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:00:35 +0000 http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/#comment-629 My dad, who claimed that anyone who believed in superstitions was stupid, quoted hundreds of them while I was growing up. They dictate many things about the way we view etiquette today. For instance, it is important to put the knife on the right side of the plate with the cutting side of the blade near the plate. The reason was that back in the day when drifters wondered through the old west (he was a cowboy) and dropped in for dinner, it was common practice for them to provide their own knives. If the guest in the home put his knife on the table not according to the proper protocol, like with the blade out or on the wrong side of the plate, it was thought that he was not cultured and would slit your throat while you slept. He was not invited to spend the night! However, superstitious or not, I drilled my kids with the proper way to set a table from infancy on! Hmm. Maybe I should do a TT on crazy things my dad used to tell me! TM My dad, who claimed that anyone who believed in superstitions was stupid, quoted hundreds of them while I was growing up. They dictate many things about the way we view etiquette today. For instance, it is important to put the knife on the right side of the plate with the cutting side of the blade near the plate. The reason was that back in the day when drifters wondered through the old west (he was a cowboy) and dropped in for dinner, it was common practice for them to provide their own knives. If the guest in the home put his knife on the table not according to the proper protocol, like with the blade out or on the wrong side of the plate, it was thought that he was not cultured and would slit your throat while you slept. He was not invited to spend the night!

However, superstitious or not, I drilled my kids with the proper way to set a table from infancy on! Hmm. Maybe I should do a TT on crazy things my dad used to tell me! TM

]]> By: Christine http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/comment-page-1/#comment-628 Christine Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:06:10 +0000 http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/#comment-628 Very cool list! I've always loved reading about superstitions and there were a couple on your list that I hadn't heard of, or at least not in that detail. Happy TT! Very cool list! I’ve always loved reading about superstitions and there were a couple on your list that I hadn’t heard of, or at least not in that detail.

Happy TT!

]]> By: Wolfie http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Wolfie Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:31:46 +0000 http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/#comment-627 Hmm..funny some of the things ppl believe... Great list.. Hmm..funny some of the things ppl believe…
Great list..

]]> By: bernie http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/comment-page-1/#comment-626 bernie Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:58:47 +0000 http://jlynne.exit-23.net/2007/10/25/thirteen-superstitions/#comment-626 I Forgot to mention that jumping across someone lying on the ground will stunt that person's growth. I Forgot to mention that jumping across someone lying on the ground will stunt that person’s growth.

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