Posted on 07/30/2023 6:35:56 PM PDT by DoodleBob
A recent YouGov poll asked Americans whether they believe in 30 good- and bad-luck superstitions, ranging from four-leaf clovers and wishbones to broken mirrors and Friday the 13th. People were, on average, more likely to believe in superstitions thought to bring good luck than they were to believe in ones thought to bring bad luck.
The three good-luck superstitions polled that the largest share of Americans say they believe in are making a wish while blowing out birthday candles (28%), seeing a shooting star (28%), and saying bless you when someone sneezes (27%). The three bad-luck superstitions believed by the greatest share of people include walking under a ladder (21%), broken mirrors (21%), and the number 666 (21%).
In addition, we find that 12% of Americans say they always or frequently carry or wear a lucky charm. Another 19% say they occasionally or rarely do this, and 64% say they never do.
Our survey also asked a broader question about whether there is anything people consider themselves superstitious about. Below, we display the share of different groups of Americans who answered yes to this question:
— Carl Bialik, Linley Sanders, and Allen Houston contributed to this article
This poll was conducted on April 26 - 30, 2022, among 1,000 U.S. adult citizens.
Also, i don’t walk under ladders because they are often too close to the building and it is often unsafe.
**A thinly veiled anti-Catholic hit piece by the liberal Jewish lead author of the study.**
Maybe. But it would seem your current pope is leading way bigly to all things anti-Catholic.
Fiat money is only worth what two individuals agree it’s worth. In 1920, an ounce of gold would buy you a really nice suit of clothes. In 2023 an ounce of gold will buy you a really nice suit of clothes. What changed is the amount of fiat currency that people agreed it was worth.
**Which superstitions are Americans most likely to believe?**
ORANGE MAN BAD!!!!
IIRC, in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the American fleet was supposed to put to sea on Friday The 13th of November 1942 after midnight to engage the Japanese fleet, but the sailing orders were changed by Admiral Halsey to have them put to sea before midnight, so they got underway late on Thursday, November 12th.
It wasn’t just Halsey who was superstitious...throughout the fleet, there was much muttering and grumbling about getting underway on a Friday (bad luck) and worse, on a Friday The 13th (Doubly bad luck)
In the end, we had two Admirals (Callahan and Scott) who died on November 13th in the battle just after 1 PM, and we lost a lot of ships and men, worse than the Japanese, but we won the strategic battle, so it was a mixed bag.
Sailors have historically been among the most superstitious of all professions, and it is humorous to note that it went all the way to the top to Halsey who took it seriously from a morale perspective.
Naval superstitions are many and varied. When I was in the Navy, I once heard someone say “Damn a man who whistles”, and I didn’t understand what that was about, but found out later in life that it is because in sailors, a man who whistles on a ship is thought to invite high winds and bad weather!
I pick up coins on the ground. I have a container for each year since 2004 of the coins I picked up that year. I move them around for feng shui.
I do like ladybugs and I think butterflies are someone’s soul visiting.
Dont care if anyone else believes or not. Those thoughts bring me comfort and do not harm anyone.
I have never heard of some of the listed superstitions. What’s the deal with prime numbers?
Going to church means you are a Christian.
Why are tax dollars being wasted on this crap
Socialism is a good thing that benefits the collective. That’s the biggest myth of all.
I personally think it’s bad luck to spot a red car on the road keep away from them have noted many in the junk yard with blood stains in them.
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