Superstitions, Tricks and Treats
They even cut off the kimon northeast corner of the kimon northeast tower to be extra safe, somehow. I guess that's kind of smart, actually. Structurally, a corner is a weak point. Flattening it off means it can stand up to more damage from demons before it begins to break down. I have no idea what kind of calculations you'd do on a structure to measure how much spiritual damage it can withstand, but you know what?
I'm not an ancient Japanese architect. I'm not going to tell them how to do their job. Say you're an average Japanese person. You live in an apartment.
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You can't build a fucking tower. Well, I guess your landlord is responsible for making the building kimon-safe on the outside, and the only way the spirits will get into your apartment is through your plumbing, so that's why it's a pretty big deal to not build a bathroom in the kimon corner of your apartment. I guess this is something quite a few Japanese people still actually care about. Because nobody wants ghosts in their apartment to begin with, but if anything could make that worse, it's probably a ghost crawling into your apartment covered with an entire apartment building's worth of sewage.
But we all know that any superstition has a reasonable explanation
Anyway, unlucky numbers are specific concepts that people believe will do horrible things to them in a magical way, so close enough. If you're insistent on ghost purity, read ahead to the next entry. Most people have heard about some Western buildings not having a 13th floor due to superstition about the number The practice has been dying out, but some newer buildings still do it, like One Canada Square , the tallest building in Britain until the Shard London Bridge is completed. Doesn't really have much else going for it, does it? One Canada Place gets around the problem by having no "usable space" on the 13th floor, and no button for it on the elevator.
Other buildings just rename the 13th floor as "14," exposing the unsuspecting residents of the new "14th floor" to all kinds of magical catastrophes, unless the number 13 spirit is as stupid as a Chinese ghost and just wanders away disappointed after not finding its designated floor.
Speaking of China again, Chinese buildings are even better. The unlucky number in China is four, as well as any number that ends in four. Because the word for "four" sounds like the word for "die".
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Yes, that's a superstition based on a pun. I think that accounts for about half the superstitions in China. Like the word for "orange" sounds like the word for "gold," so you eat oranges on the New Year so you can be rich. Anyway, so no fourth floors. And on many buildings, no 14th floors either. And no 24th, 34th, etc. China is part of the global economy now. That means they're picking up Western habits, like smoking, pollution, getting fat and a ridiculous avoidance of the number So you can find buildings that are missing not only the fourth floor and 14th floor, but also the 13th floor.
I think the -1 floor here might have been an attempt to offset the missing floor four, but throwing out floors 13 and 14 kind of makes that whole exercise pointless, you'd think. So yeah, it seems pretty silly, until you look at one study saying that Chinese and Japanese who share the superstition populations actually show a spike in heart attacks on the fourth of each month , apparently literally scaring themselves to death.
The study has been disputed, but you can't say the number four isn't serious business in Asia. The Philippines is an extremely superstitious country, which may sound a bit ballsy coming from someone whose people think evil spirits can slide off of roofs. There are many, many Filipino superstitions. It is believed that the money can transmit energy from its owner, including negative energy. Once the passenger has left the vehicle and the customer moves away from the till, the link with their energy is broken and someone else can pick up the money without fear. It is believed that this can bring ruin on the house.
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To avoid having an unpleasant smell spreading through the house, put the rubbish into a more substantial bag and tie it, so that it is more or less sealed. These are all bad omens of financial loss and tears. Also, this omen works not only in the kitchen at home, but also in public places. If one of the guests at a dinner party in a restaurant grabs a bottle that has just been emptied and puts it under the table or starts looking around for a waiter, it in deference to this omen.
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Never give knives, clocks or scarves as a present These things are not considered the best present for a Russian. Scarves, for example, are an omen of tears, knives an omen of enemies, and clocks an omen of parting. If you do nevertheless give somebody one of these things, do not be surprised if they give you a small coin in return. This is to create the illusion of buying the item. You must definitely take this coin, even if it surprises you that they are trying to pay you for an expensive gift with small change.
The threshold of a house is a place of evil You must not stand on the threshold of a house or apartment, and you must not talk across it or hand anything across it. Most Italians opted for the garlic as you could never find a small enough pair of scissors to wear. The picture or painting will fall on your head and you will get hurt. At 52 years old, I still do not hang a picture or painting over my head by the bed. My mother still firmly believes it also.
Everyone in my family abides by this so we are a knife-free gift giving family! Do any of these sound familiar to you? What superstitions did your grandparents tell you? My mom told me that her grandma said never wash your sheets on a Monday. She said that it was bad luck. Her grandma said it caused her to lose a horse, and she had bad luck again washing her sheets on a Monday after that so the superstition kept. My mom is still there.
We have quite a bit of Cherokee in our blood, Irish and English. If you drop a fork, a lady is coming to visit.