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15 Crazy Superstitions Related to Being Left Handed
Let’s deviate from left handed guitars for a second and chat about being awesome left handed people in general. We’ve compiled a list of 15 superstitions, myths and tales of folklore which show the stigmas associated with being left handed in times gone by.
For the most part there are very few positive myths associated with the left hand. The overwhelming majority of left handed superstitions involve some general theme of bad luck and evil, devil worshipping madness. Hope you aren’t too superstitious! Negative Left Handed Superstitions, Myths and Tales of Folklore
1.In ancient imagery the left hand would generally symbolise ‘female’, while the right hand would symbolise ‘male’.
2.Many people believed it bad luck to pass a drink to someone with your left hand. Likewise, pouring a drink with your left hand isn’t going to bring you luck!
3.Staying on the subject of drinking — giving a toast with your left hand is the same as placing a curse on the person(s) you are toasting!
4.In the profession of dressmaking it is considered bad luck to attach the left sleeve before sewing on the right one.
5.Which foot do you place on the floor first when getting out of bed? Many people believe that getting out of bed left foot first will result in you having a bad day!
6.If you have a twitch in your left eye you will see an adversary, but if the twinge is in your right you will see a friend.
7.If you have an itch on your left palm this means you will need to pay some money out, whereas if it’s on your right you will be the one receiving the cash.
8.The Devil has been associated with the left handed for thousands of years. In 1431 Joan of Arc was found guilty of being a witch and burned at the stake. Depictions show her as being left handed in order to make her appear more evil!
9.The tradition of wearing your wedding ring on the left handed was started by Romans, who used the ring to ward off evil associated with the left.
10.People believed that evil spirits would skulk behind your left shoulder. In Roman times salt was a very valuable commodity and it was seen as extremely bad luck to spill some. This is why if you spill salt you should throw it over the left shoulder — to appease the Devil!
11.Do you ever experience a ringing in your ears? Apparently if it’s in your right ear this means that someone is praising you, whereas if it’s in your left someone is busy cursing you!
12.If you are going travelling and your left foot itches you are going to have a bad journey. An itch on your right foot will result in a pleasant and efficient voyage.
13.At the beginning of a new year, if you hear a cuckoo singing in your right ear then you will have a lucky year. If you hear it in your left, well, you get the idea by now… Positive Left Handed Superstitions and Myths
They can’t all be bad right? 😉 Well I struggled, but I managed to find two…
14.In Spring, if you dig up a lump of coal from underneath your left foot then you will have good luck that year.
15.Indigenous tribes from the Andes believed that left handed people possessed spiritual powers, such as magic and healing.
Well that’s it folks. Apparently for the most part we’re all evil, devil worshipping witches with the ability to curse someone just by looking at them funny. Hope you’re not too superstitious!
Beer and Beef has made us what we are - The Prince Regent
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Everyone has to be nice to me today on 09:58 - Aug 13 with 1824 views
Apparently also on average 15-20% higher IQ being left handed Some of the world's best bass players are also left-handed Paul McCartney Mark King (plays right handed but is left handed) A40Bosh
Everyone has to be nice to me today on 10:24 - Aug 13 by A40Bosh
Apparently also on average 15-20% higher IQ being left handed Some of the world's best bass players are also left-handed Paul McCartney Mark King (plays right handed but is left handed) A40Bosh
Paul McCartney is shit though!
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MARTI THE REDEEMER WHO STRENGTHENS ME.
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Everyone has to be nice to me today on 11:09 - Aug 13 with 1689 views
At school my best friend was left-handed. The school insisted we had to use fountain pens so he had to have his blotting paper under his left hand all the time and drag it along to stop his writing getting smudged.
Nothing wrong with sinistrality by the way. Some of my best friends etc.
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Everyone has to be nice to me today on 11:38 - Aug 13 with 1638 views
Everyone has to be nice to me today on 11:35 - Aug 13 by TacticalR
At school my best friend was left-handed. The school insisted we had to use fountain pens so he had to have his blotting paper under his left hand all the time and drag it along to stop his writing getting smudged.
Nothing wrong with sinistrality by the way. Some of my best friends etc.
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Yeah that was a big problem for me too. If you wrote too fast then you smudged it so you had to take your time, which probably helped in fact.
I have always been left handed at single handed things and right handed at two handed things, which is maybe a bit weird but it makes sense to me anyway. Isn't Phil Mickelson only left handed at golf - right handed at everything else? Now that IS proper weird.
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Everyone has to be nice to me today on 12:40 - Aug 13 with 1581 views
At my old Catholic school- King Herod Grammar - they regarded left handedness as a sign of the Devil and would inflict pain upon you until you adopted right handedness.
I'm left handed as well but don't have the problem of ink smudging as I turn the paper almost upside down when I write. I can also write backwards from right to left. Scissors and day to day things are geared towards being right handed so a left handed person does become quite dexterous from necessity
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