Fun Egyptian Superstitions*

  • Wear your undershirt inside out to protect you against the evil eye.
  • Never step over a person lying on the ground, if you do you have step back over them with the same foot. If you don’t they either go bald or stunt their growth.
  • Eating with you left hand and the devil eats with you.
  • A turned over shoe will cause arguments in the house.
  • If frightened or startled by something spit three times immediately.
  • If you leg is hurting you have the mother of twins step on your foot.
  • Never visit someone after a funeral in the same clothes you attended the funeral in.
  • Hearing an owl is bad luck.
  • If you see a cobra in your house follow where it goes into or comes out of the walls and you’ll find treasure there


*some maybe very regional
(none of these are made up I’ve heard all of them growing up, which may explain alot about how I turned out.)

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