“They” Say “It” Happens in “Threes”

June 3, 2009

I don’t know what “it” is, and I don’t know who “they” are. My Mamaw always said, “Good things happen in threes.” Other folks say, “bad things happen in threes.” Why does “three” seems to be a magical number in these superstitions? Even when storytellers relate a tale, things happen in “threes.” Does that hold [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #44. Good Luck or Bad Luck?

July 3, 2008

I’ve been thinking about “luck” after finding a hand-written note to myself. I’ve been cleaning out some of the papers I’ve saved and found a paper from 1996! Do y’all think it was time for me to clean out my files? For some reason, I had written these superstitions about luck down with my left-handed [...]

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Curses!

August 21, 2007

I have a confessions to make. I’m cursed, and bad luck follows me like the papparazi follows Paris Hilton. I know that I’m cursed, because this fortune teller told so, and I believe everything I hear. You don’t think it’s true? People who hire me to come to their town to tell stories know that [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #13—I’m Not Superstitious

June 6, 2007

When I realized this was my Thirteenth Thursday Thirteen, I was a little bit concerned, because thirteen is not a lucky number. Then I thought, “Hey, I’m not superstitious!” Or, am I? 1. Garlic is used to keep blood-thirsty vampires away. I eat it profusely to keep the front row of kindergarten urchins in the [...]

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“Mirror, Mirror On The Wall”

January 26, 2007

Out flew the web and floated wide- The mirror crack’d from side to side; “The curse is come upon me,” cried The Lady of Shalott. “The Lady of Shalott” Alfred, Lord Tennyson Whew! I tripped on the enormous oval mirror that stands in our bedroom. Fortunately, I caught it just before it crashed. As big [...]

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