8. Describe some of the superstitious belief that you are familiar with.

There are many people who are superstitious. Even though I am not very superstitious but there are some that I believe, to be safe than sorry. Some superstitions that I know are finding a four-leaf clover will bring good luck, walking under a ladder is unlucky and that if a black cat crosses your path, it will bring you bad luck.
It is lucky to find a four-leaf clover, probably because a four-leaf clover is really hard to find. Hence, if you found one you would be considered lucky. In addition, walking under a ladder is unlucky because in the past, criminals were hung from the top rung of a ladder and their spirits would linger under the ladder. Furthermore, black cats crossing your path will bring bad luck because black cats were said to be witches. Thus, if a black cat crossed your path it meant bad luck.
Not everyone is superstitious, however for those who are; maybe they have heard about some superstitions and they believe in it. Otherwise, they may also have experienced it and thus believed in it. For example, someone may have walked under the ladder and the ladder just fall on them. Hence, aren’t they just having bad luck?
I do not think that it is good to be superstitious. Everything around may be linked to a superstition, hence it would not be possible for us to avoid all of them. It is also not good to be superstitious because will make people a paranoid. They would always be so careful in what they are doing that it makes others very irritated. However, there are some superstition that is better for us to believe, as there may be traces of facts in them, like an apple a day keeps the doctor away. An apple will be part of a healthy diet, thus having a healthy diet would mean that we would not have to see a doctor since the diet would keep us healthy.

-Corrina