tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post4441887966460205720..comments2024-02-14T20:17:15.115+00:00Comments on Chertsey: SuperstitionSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759448161130667128noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-11862741754523100252011-06-11T19:29:30.811+01:002011-06-11T19:29:30.811+01:00My old gran would not pass a may tree when it was ...My old gran would not pass a may tree when it was in blossom and as for magpies!!!<br />That was rural Sussex many years past.Grahamhttp://nbarmadillo.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-79498794467127346022011-06-11T09:40:58.363+01:002011-06-11T09:40:58.363+01:00Yes, my mum did the elbow one as well, I had actua...Yes, my mum did the elbow one as well, I had actually forgotten about it until I read this. My mum also had the one about not going back but she had a way of overcoming it - you counted to ten on your way back over the threshold, I actually still do that without even thinking. Thank you for this post Sarah, I have had a nice session of nostalgia.......<br />Kath (nb Herbie)Kathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-73151117835821068112011-06-10T16:54:38.132+01:002011-06-10T16:54:38.132+01:00The elbow thing was common in our house too,rural ...The elbow thing was common in our house too,rural Lincolnshire so there was a few traditional superstitions knocking about. Did you avoid picking up dropped spoons,leaving them lie till another person could pick them up.I finally grew out of this one aged 53 and 3/4 cos Boris got fed up and told me I was daft.Magpies give my mother the heebie jeebies but I regard them as messengers and Iam always polite to themmadcatnoreply@blogger.com