Nostradamus or Michel de Nostredame as probably the most well-known prophet of ancient times. He was born on 21 December in 1503 in Salon-de-Provence, in France. He died 2 July 1566 aged 62. He was an author, translator, astrologer, and a consultant. He was known for making many prophecies and for treating the plague. His book ‘Les Propheties’ was […]
British Superstitions Even in our 21st century technological age we are still quite superstitious. Years ago, many superstitions were connected to food. In Yorkshire they used to believe that the bread would not rise if there were a corpse in the vicinity. And, if you cut off both ends of the bread it would make the […]
In 1888 an author Edward Bellamy predicted credit cards. In his book called “Looking Backward” he wrote. Each person is given a physical punch card “with which he procures at the public storehouses, found in every community, whatever he desires whenever he desires it. This arrangement, you will see, totally obviates the necessity for business transactions of […]
There are some really strange superstitions. My sister-in-law for instance will not take off her cardigan or any other clothing and put it the right way round if she has accidently put them on inside out, as she believes it will bring her bad luck. But leaving it on inside out could bring her good luck. It […]
Years ago when I was midwife I visited a patient and after examining her and her baby we sat down with her mum for a cup of tea. Her mother told me that her husband had died suddenly recently. She then told me this strange tale. Her husband and her son were miners and […]
A park of cards as you probably will know consists of 52 cards. These are divided into four different suits, hearts, diamonds clubs and spades. Each suit has 13 cards, an ace, two, three, four, five six, seven, eight, nine, ten, knave, Queen and King. People usually call them ordinary playing cards to differentiate them from the Tarot cards. […]
One of the most common superstitions is the fear of Friday the 13th, and that something nasty will happen to us on that date. Bad luck is associated with this date and it is considered the unluckiest day of the year. Some Christians believed that the World would end on Friday 13th. Cruise ships do not have […]
The author Morgan Robertson, fourteen years before the Titanic went down on route to New York, killing 1,517 people in the Atlantic, wrote a book called ‘Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan’. In the story an unsinkable ship sank after hitting an iceberg. Such a creepy story, with even the name of the boat practically […]
Do you believe in coincidences or do you think that there is a divine or spiritual intervention? I once heard a man telling a story about something that happened to him. This is a true story. He had been working very hard and doing a lot of overtime, so he decided to go off for […]
Do you know the origins? A common superstition is that a black cat will bring you bad luck and is a bad omen. This superstition goes way back to the 1200’s when Pope Gregory waged a war against symbols and he decided that cats, the black cat particularly was a servant of Satan and he […]
