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Superstitions

This Post was created on 13th Oct -- Friday the thirteenth.. But time permits me to put this only today : ( (After more than a month!!!! ) FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH Well, for all superstitious people, today is a day they'll end up dreading. I've seen the Cricket Umpire Dave Shepard do a sort of jig when the score reached 111 or 222 or 333 and the jig is much funnier if the score was 111/1 or 222/2 or 333/3, be it a test match or a one-day match. Mom comes back one day earlier/later coz of the reason that one should not return home on the 9th day of leaving. Superstitions are not CASTE based but are definitely GENDER BASED. Eg: For females, If the right palm itches, it is a sign of bad luck or rather.. more work. Similarly, if the left palm itches, it's a sign of good luck or rather.. more money. But for males... it is Vice Versa. Again, for females, if the right eye twitches, it is bad luck but for males, if the right eye twitches, it means good luck. If the left eye twitches...