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Superstitions


    I am not superstitious, are you?
    Yesterday was Friday the thirteenth.
    Some people think that Friday the thirteenth is an unlucky day.
    I think that it is just like any other day.
    Some people believe that if a black cat crosses your path, you will have bad luck.
    I don’t believe that either.
    My mother always gets upset if I open an umbrella in the house.
    She says that it is bad luck.
    She is probably right about that one because an open umbrella would take up a lot of
    space, and you might knock things over.
    If your left hand is itchy, you are supposed to get money.
    I have had an itchy left hand before, but I haven’t received any money because of it.
    It is bad luck to walk under a ladder.
    This is probably true because you might knock somebody off the ladder, or have a can of
    paint fall on top of you.
    If you are acting in a play, it is bad luck if someone says “good luck” to you.
    This is very confusing.
    You are supposed to tell an actor to “break a leg.”
    It doesn’t mean that you want the actor to break his leg.
    It means good luck to the actor.
    Actors have a lot of superstitions that are very unusual.
    I am not superstitious.
    I don’t believe in superstitions at all.
    It is just fun to learn about superstitions.
    Some of them are very old and have been passed down from generation to generation.
    I once did a project at school on superstitions.
    It was a very interesting topic, and I got a good mark for it.
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