Who made that silly saying that "step on a crack and youll break your mothers back"? Or that if you break a window youll have seven years of bad luck? I really dont understand. why would someone make something like that up? And when they did, did they have a reason to do it? Did they have some reference that that made them believe that it really was true? These are some things that i would like to know. if you know any answers or have any theories to any of my questions please reply.

Today, we have an understanding of the rules of cause and effect, thanks to science. With primitive man, however, there was no science, so when something happened that was injurious, he looked around and saw something, and in his mind, that became the reason for what had happened. I saw a statement once that said, "Superstition is the science of the primitive mind." Some people either don't trust science, or believe simpler rules are responsible for what happens. As for the stepping on cracks, no one, I think, ever really believed thaat, it is just some doggerel a kid made up and it has hung around for ages. I study the origins of things, and superstitions have traceable origins, just as anything else. Breaking a mirror, for example. Mirrors were very expensive, and if you broke one, the lady who owned it could require you to repay her for it's loss, a feat which could require seven years of labor, hence seven years of bad luck. Walking under a ladder was explained as breaking the holy trinity, however, in reality, who would want to walk under a ladder where tools or paint could fall on you? There are many fine books on the origins of superstitions, so visit your public library. It is fascinating reading.

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i actually have a completely black cat i rescued from being put in a shelter named pandora and there is nothing bad about her. luck(especially bad luck) is just man's way of trying to blame something they see as a figure of fortune instead of trying to take the responsibility themselves.