Comments on: Italian Superstitions

By: milano TV

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By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:10:26 +0000

I have a ton that I grew up with, a lot mentioned here. One I didn’t see is if your nose itches, you’re going to have a fight or kiss a fool (my best friend and I always kiss the others hand when our nose itches). One thing I can’t seem to find anywhere is my great-grandmother told my mother that you can’t change your bed sheets between Christmas and Little Christmas. It brings death. Has anyone heard of this? I remember that I did this one year and that January, my grandmother died so now I’m petrified to do it again, so every Christmas Eve I change my sheets.

By: MaryAnne

MaryAnne — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:35:17 +0000

Has anyone ever heard that it’s bad luck to buy your own Italian horn. For some reason I always thought that someone had to give it to you. Of course, you have to be Italian to wear one. By the way, I love reading all these superstitions and I still tell my kids some of them, especially the shoes on the table/bed.

By: marcellina

marcellina — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:08:07 +0000

I still can’t bear to see bread upside down and owls…don’t talk about owls!

By: ajr

ajr — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:00:57 +0000

I grew up with never kill a moth in the house, it brings bad luck. Both parents r italian. Also the shoes, me and my brothers always got yelled @ for that. Also don’t have the foot of your bed facing the doorway.

By: hello

hello — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:44:52 +0000

i recognize so many of these two other superstitions i havent seen yet on here are that when you step over someone you have to say ‘cadish’ (i dont know if i spelled that right) or else they will stop growing. the other superstition is that you cannot throw any food in the trash, you must throw it outside or else you will have to pick it up with your eyelashes when you die (i have no idea where that came from, but my nonnie always says that)

By: Pietro

Pietro — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:44:15 +0000

Both my mother and father and my wife’s mother and father come from the same small town in Bari, Italy. My mother in law alway’s puts bread outside the front door during a thunder storm. She swears it stops the storm’s thunder and lightning. I’ve seen it work. Go figure. Can anyone tell me just how this originated?

By: Gianna

Gianna — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:31:10 +0000

Im sorry i did not mean to say lucy i ment Louise

By: Gianna

Gianna — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:26:55 +0000

SOmething i didnt see yet was the malocchio, or evil eye. This is one of the biggest things in my family. What it is is when someone takes there hand and puts it in a jesture (the one on the necklace above)and puts in infron of their eyes and points it towards you. What this does is put a curse on you and your family for quite a long time, i know it does something else in specific but i can seem to remember. You can protect yourself from the malocchios by wearing an Italian horn, also known as a cornicello. Almost all of my aunts, uncles, my grandparents, and my dad wear a gold on a chain around their neck, the ones who dont have it on a chain have one made out of red coral on a pin. Ive heard it said that the closser the pendant is to your heart the safer you will be. So answering Lucys question i dont think it gets rid of headaches

By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:21:51 +0000

Here’s one I haven’t seen posted: Newlyweds first night in their new home must carry a dish with salt and raw eggs in it? for good luck and fertility! Did get pregnant right away, but also got divorced 4 years later…