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Triskaidekaphobia

Something Rhymes with Purple

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I've No Idea Why They Won't Cross Someone on the Stairs

Superstition comes from the latin super meaning over, and stare meaning to stand. The idea was probably standing over something in amazement and awe. By the beginning of the fifteenth century it referred to an irrational religious belief that was based on fear. It's a kind of irrational or, you know, i would say unfounded, i suppose. But obviously, pe superstitious people feel, feel differently.

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