Black Cats And Spilled Salt -Do You Believe In Old Wives' Tales?
India, Oct. 14 -- We have all grown up listening to a number of superstitions and old wives' tales. Believe in them or don't they still exist. Logical or not, you decide!
Several years ago, I frantically cried during transit at Frankfurt airport after having lost a ring in the flight from India. My innocent 8-year-old joined in unison and seemed just as miserable.
I had grown up hearing that losing gold is a bad omen. Later, a much older cousin advised that I needn't worry because it was just one of those old wives' tales. He said that had it been a truth, he and his family would have been in the streets long ago. His wife had the habit of losing gold jewellery all the time.
As always, my better half logically reasoned it out. He expla...
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