superstitions

[Andy Hamilton]

Anyone have any gardening superstitons that they live by?

I think I am developing one, I was given a pair of gloves by Brian the gent who has the top half of my allotment. Every time I forget to bring them with me I never get as much work done as when I do bring them.

I also wondered about forum superstitions does anyone not post when a thread is on 12 incase they are the 13? Or worried about getting to 666 post?

[woolcraft]

In June this year we will have 06-06-06 Anyone worried?

[Ranter]

Although I live in Leicester, I'm a Yellowbelly by birth. That is, a native of Lincolnshire.

It's said that farmers in Lincs decided when to sow seed in the spring by taking down their trousers & sitting on the soil. When it was warm enough to sit on, it was warm enough to sow...

BTW I'm losing track of dates these days, so I'm unlikely to notice when it is 06-06-06, much less worry about it.

[Shirley]

In June this year we will have 06-06-06 Anyone worried?

I grew up with that date - my best friend from childhood was born 06-06-66 so no... I'm not worried at all with the date itself.

I've been known to deliberately walk under ladders, consider the number 13 to be lucky, and one magpie fills me with delight... perhaps just because I'm awkward and want to be superstitious in reverse.

That said... I had a chinese fortune cookie that said 'your lucky number nine will keep your future fine' - I won £4500 on a radio show and just before I won, they announced the total and I mentally said... 9 x 500 = 4500 I'm going to win... and I did!!

Superstitious... probably a bit, in a nonconformist way.

[Wombat]

9 has been a special number for us too! It keeps recurring in all sorts of simple ways. Strange, but interesting!

Nev

[Andy Hamilton]

not at all worried by the 666 thing. Interesting that 9 is more of a lucky number than 7 or 3.

The seeing one magpie for sorrow is a strange one, we were in my grandads funeral parade last year and my mum got worried that she saw one magpie. Kind of showed up the silliness of worring about being sorrowful.

On a lighter note, if you transplant parsley it is suposed to bring misfortune onto a household I transplanted some the morning this site was set up

[hedgewizard]

It's said that farmers in Lincs decided when to sow seed in the spring by taking down their trousers & sitting on the soil. When it was warm enough to sit on, it was warm enough to sow...

...and that's how it happened, Your Honour.

In my house the magpie saying goes; "One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for running down the garden waving a stick because it means the magpies are trying to roll eggs out of the nest boxes again"

Then there's the old chestnut "Ne'er cast a clout 'til May be out" which is a bit of a rum one. Apparently is should be "THE may" - in other words, don't trust that spring has arrived until the may blossom comes out.

[Goodlife1970]

Just realised when my babys due.....................Oh well Damien it is then!