Superstitions

I suggest reading this short post along with this song. I also suggest dancing.

 

Russians are all about superstitions, especially the older people. Here's a collection of all the superstitions I know of that I can remember at the moment:

• If you whistle indoors, you will "whistle your money away."
• Women shouldn't sit on the ground, or else their ovaries will freeze.
• If someone sneezes while you say something, that means it's true.
• You shouldn't put your purse on the ground, or else you'll lose money.
• If you leave your apartment and realize you forgot something, you have to look in the mirror before you leave again once you go back for it.
• If you're talking about someone and they walk into the room at that moment, they will live to be 100 years old.
• If you are the first of a group to notice snow falling, you should make a wish.
• If you receive a ticket on the bus/trolley and the first 3 digits have the same sum as the last 3, you should eat it and you will have good luck (note- I've had a few "lucky" tickets, but decided to keep them rather than eating them).
• If you have the hiccups, it means someone is thinking of you.

I know there are plenty more, but these are most of the superstitions I've come across since being here.