We looked at the superstition of walking under ladders the other day. Well here is another one, but only in Ireland. It seems that there you never leave a rocking chair moving, or it means very bad luck. The superstition is that an empty chair is a place for the dead to settle and if it's empty and rocking it becomes even more attractive. Isn't it odd that the superstitions are regional? A week or so back I mentioned the oddity of black cats being unlucky in America while they are considered the reverse in England. Many years ago newly wed couples used to arrange to have a black cat walk in front of them as they left the church. It must all be very confusing for the cats!
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