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10 common Western superstitions

Updated: 2014-05-20 08:14 ( bbs.chinadaily.com.cn)
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7. Walking underneath a ladder is widely held to be bad luck.

'Walking under a ladder' came about in England a few centuries ago when people drank more ale at lunch than ate food. Drunken sign painters were likely to dump a bucket of paint if you walked by or under their ladder and handymen would drop tools.

10 common Western superstitions

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