Superstitions Collection

Superstitions
An interesting instance of the popular aversion to walking under a ladder. A group of superstitious pedestrians find themselves in a bit of a scrum as they attempt to squeeze through the smallest gap

Pulling the Wishbone
Pulling a wishbone to see who will come away with the larger part and the corresponding wish

Those Superstitions by Bairnsfather
Those Superstitions Private Sandy McNab cheers the assembly by pointing out (with the aid of his pocket almanac) that it is Friday the 13th

East End Woman scared of dog making her to walk under ladder
" You never know you Luck." " Hi! Come back, yer Silly! Do yer want to spile yer Luck?" Date: 1892

Miss Modern magazine fortune teller
Front cover of Miss Modern magazine for November 1931, featuring a young gipsy fortune teller with a crystal ball (and the free gipsy ring, found FREE inside the magazine!). Date: 1931

For Good Luck by William Heath Robinson
Training black cats to enter the front door at the stroke of twelve on New Years Eve. A contraption to encourage a New Year tradition imagined by the cartoonist William Heath Robinson. Date: 1919

In Marble Halls - Jobbing actors chatting in a theatre bar
" In Marble Halls" - Jobbing actors standing in a theatre bar discussing their fortune, both successful and not

Trees in Superstition and Legend by Pauline Baynes
Illustration by Pauline Baynes depicting the various trees of legends and superstition

John Duncan, Explorer
JOHN DUNCAN Guardsman who became an explorer in West Africa, making valuable observations not only geographical but also of native superstitions. Date: 1895 - 1849

A bride getting ready for her wedding day. A page relating various wedding lore, including that a bride should put on her gloves with her back turned to the mirror. Date: c. 1912

The Moors

The Moors who had settled in Spain, giving up the superstiti
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). The Moors who had settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran

Woe Betide or Good Luck to You by Pauline Baynes
A page of superstitions painted in intricate detail specially for Holly Leaves by Pauline Baynes. The key to the illustration is on p.46 of the issue

Praying at a Menhir
Though priests deplore such superstitions, many peasants retain allegiance to old gods - women pray before the druidic stones at Montchauvet in the bocage of Normandie

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