The Mummers organization is working to reschedule the string band competition after it was supended for the first time in 125 ...

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First, we knocked on wood. Then we asked a visual artist, a designer, a psychic medium, a makeup artist and a conductor to each reveal their biggest superstitions. Credit...Daniele Castellano ...

Whether it’s wearing a specific jersey — or in the case of Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s interpreter, lucky boxers with a rabbit shooting a rainbow-colored laser out of its eyes — or making sure you’re ...

Why are we conditioned to associate things like black cats, Friday the 13th, and mirrors with bad luck and eeriness? The answer lies deep within stories of mythology, ancient civilization, religious ...

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We all have our superstitions. When it comes to supporting our favorite sports teams, we’ll do whatever it takes to get a win — whether that means growing a beard, hiring a witch to lift a ‘curse’ or ...

Skiers, like team sports fans, have hunches. They’ve made observations or fabulated mystical connections that may or may not exist. Like everyone else on Earth, they’re human, and they’re plenty ...

Let's talk about some of them and what they mean. Here's our list of the top 10 superstitions Nigerians still follow. We may laugh at these superstitions sometimes, but when we begin to see their ...

Sometimes it's easy to let a superstition go as nothing more than that — a superstition. It might be fun to talk about and speculate on, but it's not really anything meaningful. Other times, however, ...

Do you avoid or have a fear of certain cat breeds with black fur? Are you always cautious to not step on a crack in the sidewalk? Does your heart rate elevate when someone opens an umbrella indoors?