Superstitions in my country

Superstitions in My Country.
The definition of "superstition" according to the online site dictionary.com is: "A widely held but unjustified in supernatural causation leading to certainconsequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief." According to the definition cited, being superstitious isn't just being afraid of something; it's more like a cause-effect belief.Superstitions in Mexico have been around for ages and some of them have a religious origin, some others have a lot of rituals involved to get rid of bad luck, and some others are well known because oftheir good luck. Many superstitions are passed down to us from our grandparents' generation, and if you think that it's silly to believe in something that doesn't have a scientific explanation, it makessense later on, when our grandparents explain us the origin of the superstition when we get involved in this cause-effect belief.

The superstition of walking under a ladder runs a lot deeper thanpeople usually think. Ladders make a triangle when they open or lean against the wall, so walking under the ladder means breaking the holy trinity (the father, the son and the Holy Spirit). That's whypeople don't walk under the ladder just for fear of something falling on their head or bad luck, but because they actually think they are committing a sin and because of that, they will be sent tohell for their blasphemy. The superstition of breaking a mirror brings seven years of bad luck has its base on the belief that the mirror holds your image, and if it's broken while it is holding yourimage, it will also capture your soul. So it is more than a superstition. It's a curse, therefore in order to get rid of it you will have to put the mirror back together again, pour hot wax on it, takeit outside under a full moon and bury it underground. On the other hand, do you know why people throw salt over their shoulder? When you spill it, it is bad luck because it's said that it opens up...