Very superstitious

[pegkerr]

misia has an interesting post here which starts out:

"I've noticed, over the years, that I am not the only person I know who works little bits of private magic/juju here and there as a regular part of life. I don't mean just superstition, I mean deliberate little invocations or charms or rituals or prayers that are designed to produce specific results, and that you do without making a big deal out of it, just an everyday thing. Some of them are intended to benefit me, others are intended to benefit other people.

She asked her readers to comment what sorts of things they do. I couldn't think of a magical ritual I have, to speak of, but I noted this: I frequently fight the urge to yawn when I pass a cemetary. I read when I was a kid about an old superstition that ghosts hover around your mouth to count the fillings in your teeth when you yawn, and so you are not supposed to yawn near a cemetary. Of course, passing a cemetary and thinking "Don't yawn," makes the compulsion that much worse.

Anyway, drop by misia's post and add your mite. The whole thread is quite interesting.