FWIW, I have always heard that is lucky to own black cats. They are expected to cross one'e enemies paths before they might otherwise come to your door. ;)
Linda Sent from my iPhone On Apr 30, 2014, at 7:25 AM, DASDBILL2 <dasdbi...@comcast.net> wrote: > Don't know about Cantonese, but the Japanese word for "four" is pronounced > "shi", and the Japanese word for "death" is also pronounced "shi". They are > radically (pun intended) different when written, but when spoken they are > homonyms. Any number that has a "four" in it is thus unlucky. > Here's more on Mandarin Chinese number beliefs: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture > > In Russia, you dare not give a dozen roses to your girl friend. You must > give some odd number of flowers (11 or 13 would be good). An even number of > flowers are associated with death and funerals. > > And so on wherever humans live. Western cultures typically view 666 as > extremely suspect, along with 13. Also the poker hand of two pairs, > consisting of two aces and two eights, are known as "Dead man's hand" because > Wild Bill Hickok was killed while playing poker and holding those cards. > There is no thing anywhere that cannot be considered unlucky by someone or > lucky by someone else. Having your hair cut or your fingernails trimmed on a > Sunday is bad juju in certain area. Blacks cats, broken mirrors, stepping on > a crack in a concrete sidewalk, ..., the list is endless. > > Bill Fairchild > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Elardus Engelbrecht" <elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 1:50:39 AM > Subject: Re: Beyond the EC12 > > Ron Hawkins wrote: > >> Reminds me of a Hong Kong building I was living in. >> The floors went 11, 12, 12a, 14, 15... > > Weird. If you truly believe in God, you really don't need all those > superstitions. > > Perhaps, it is only me, but for me, avoidance or relying in specific numbers > are IMHO just a waste of time. > >> Which was strange seeing 14 is unlucky for the Cantonese > > Why? What is the matter with 14? Is this a grown-up version of 13? ;-) > > Ok, I will not contribute anymore to this thread ... > > Groete / Greetings > Elardus Engelbrecht > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
