There is one that I had reaffirmed here today. I still have a dycha (10PLN note) from 24/12/2007 in my wallet. I added another one yesterday (24/12/2008). Apparently, it brings you good luck.
Remember, don't spend that 10PLN in the event of an emergency, it is meant to be kept.
Yes,I remember one former polish gf,she told me for example ''if you pass this bridge,you will always be in love with me according to legend'',so damn I had to avoid certain bridges,streets and some other mysterious staff.
Too many superstitions in Poland and in Russia too.And people believe in them.
Nov 5, 09, 16:14 - Thread attached on merging: Polish superstitions
Some things like black cats crossing the road and Friday the 13th are universal superstitions. Are there any specifically Polish ones? Isn't the 'nie przez próg' thing, where you should never shake hands over a threshold, one of them. Another is when you have to return for something you have forgotten, and the superstitious sit down for just a second or two before leaving again.
And then there is not getting married in a month lacking the letter 'r' in Polish, so that eliminates January, February. May,and July. And on Wigilia if the first non-family member to cross the threshold is a female, that spells bad luck for the household.
Know of any others? Do you practice them or have observed them being cultivated?
I remember when i first came to Poland i once moved a female friends bag from a chair and put it on the ground...this resulted in gasps of horror from all the other women in the room....Of course i should have known that putting a bag on the floor allows all your money to run away...
Since then i have never ever seen a Polish women put a bag on the ground , so it must be a common superstition...
So said Stevie Wonder. But what are some common Polish superstitions? My wife has this thing where she won't allow her purse to touch the ground, lest her "money runs away". And she won't kiss in a doorway. Oh, and if you leave the house, but run back in because you forgot something, you have to sit down for three seconds before departing again.She's otherwise a very rational person. Are these things she does normal? Are Poles generally a very superstitious people?
This article is stupid, these are superstitions from around the world. Especially elephants with raised trunks (that's an Asian superstition) and traditions about a bride wearing something old, borrowed, blue and new (England, America, Australia, etc).
Absolutely, Kaczor! Almost all "superstititons" in Poland can be found almost everywhere in Europe. I have noticed that old sayings are usually the same everywhere (at least in Europe).
How could a simple question about superstitions end up bashing America? lol You need to stop worrying about the United States and enjoy life.
Since the United States has people from around the world we have all their superstitions too. That doesn't mean Poland, or the US, is somehow backward. Many of the superstitions mentioned I have heard from my Polish grandparents. No, I don't believe any of them.
Some things like black cats crossing the road and Friday the 13th are universal superstitions.
I like it when a black cat crosses the street, I treat it as an omen of good fortune. It never failed me.
Are there any specifically Polish ones?
How about a cockade on your car as a lucky symbol? I saw it a few times, especially in the countryside. Even my colleague who comes from the countryside has one on her car.
In Poland, however, I know people who really dislike this.
25 years ago, when I used to have a chaffeur to drive me to various workplaces out of town, he used to stop before that cat-crossing and let other cars pass us and take the omen on themselves. I am not inventing it now, it happened only once that I witnessed it but he said he always acted that way.
So you admit that you 'invent' things that you post here which are not actually true. One of the superstitions I remember was that my babcia told me was that you never to count the pierogi while they're still boiling.
All that did was make me sure to count them. lol
I used to have a chaffeur to drive me to various workplaces
No wonder you never learned how to ride a bicycle.
So you admit that you 'invent' things that you post here which are not actually true.
Nope, I never invent things - everything I tell you about my experience is true and did take place in my life. But some of these things do sound incredible and you might suspect me of confabulating - ask Ironside about housewarming superstitions recently. So, when I said: I am not inventing it now, I only wanted to assure you that it was true.,
No wonder you never learned how to ride a bicycle.
Actually not as everyone here agrees with him so it's you that sees things that don't exist......excluding your dreams of course. Now can we get back on topic please.
Actually, more agree with me than don't. Please do not start with your America is great BS, because you and many other Yanks on here have already said how crap life in the US is right now
And we know it is the truth.....the American Dream was great, but that is all it is now, just a dream.
Anybody who believes in superstitions is an idiot. The term "Polish superstitions" you just used implies that Poland is full of idiots. Was this your intent?
you just used implies that Poland is full of idiots
No, it is an idiotic assumption that the term Polish superstitions implies that Poland bla bla. Where do you get this twisted logic from? Were you really a scientist and inventor? Even if you were, you are grossly demented now.,
Really? I think you should get an appointment with an ophthalmologist soon coz you can`t see too well. I have just read a few posts by forum`s female members in other threads.
dreamers talking utter shiiiiiiiite,
Don`t mind those posters, they are bad people from US, try to hang around natives.
