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We believe in myths but not in ourselves!
Sri Lankan cultural myths!
We believe its bad luck if a black cat crosses our path.
We believe drinking too much coffee can make us dark.
We believe an itchy left palm means we’ll get money.
Its jackal’s wedding if it rains when it’s sunny.
If somebody jumps over us, it’ll affect our height.
Using scissors in the air will cause a fight.
We believe we shouldn’t clip our nails after sunset – it will bring misfortune.
We believe we shouldn’t whistle at night it will attract evil spirits.
Salty hands touching our hair can turn them grey.
It’s not right to buy anything made of iron on a Saturday.
Putting a black dot on your baby’s cheek wards off evil eye.
During an eclipse, pregnant women shouldn’t step outside.
We believe a fluttering eye is a bad omen
We believe hiccups are also assign.( someone’s thinking of us)
We believe in the ability of planetary alignments to decide our fate
We believe in the power of horoscopes to find us a compatible mate.
We believe in all types of things and don’t find such wisdom strange.
However, nobody knows what is it that keeps us from believing in ourselves, for a change?
I would like others to share in this forum the myths, in other cutures, that they heard of.
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