SUPERSTITION
(See also Religion; Voodoo; Witchcraft)
(Note centered heading below: List by Place)
about medieval Jews: g56 11/8 18
bird on the doorstep: g58 10/22 20
black cat: g52 4/8 24; g50 3/8 23
blood: g60 9/8 23
breaking free from: w82 9/1 5-7; us 35-42, 44-50, 62; gh 140; w69 454, 643-647; g64 6/8 23; g62 8/22 5-6; g60 9/8 24; w58 307-317
burning an effigy: g60 11/8 15
bush medicine: w73 697-701
causes: g78 11/8 18; g60 9/8 24; w58 305; g39 7/26 28
charms: g70 8/22 5, 7
good-luck objects: gh 134; g69 7/8 23; g65 4/8 27-28
childbirth: g61 1/22 20-21; g58 10/22 20; g57 8/8 22-23
childbirth and menstrual cycle: g78 11/8 17
Christmas: g56 12/22 25-26; g54 12/8 8; g32 4/13 422
church bells: g53 4/8 24; g43 4/14 31
cigar: g51 11/22 10
clinking glasses: g85 1/8 27
concerning Psalms: g71 1/22 5-6
“country medicine”: us 54-57
discussion: w82 9/1 3-7; g81 6/8 3-4; g78 11/8 16-18; gh 133-140
divine name: w78 3/15 24
dreams: us 57-58
dwarfs: g54 1/8 21; g53 7/22 11
Easter: g57 4/22 26; g48 3/22 20; g43 4/14 31
eating: g58 3/22 27; g58 10/22 20; g52 4/8 24
eclipse: g70 5/22 19
Eskimos: g69 1/8 10; g59 12/22 19
evil spirits: w73 697, 699-701; g71 2/22 25-26; g67 3/8 24; w65 581; w63 73; ln 34; w58 313; g55 10/8 12; g55 11/8 27-28; g54 1/22 18; g52 4/8 14-15; g52 11/22 20; g51 6/22 16; g43 4/14 31; g39 7/26 28; g32 4/13 421-422
experiences:
Bible truth overcomes: yb86 77-78, 87; w85 7/1 7-10; w82 9/1 3-4; g78 7/22 24; w77 766; yb74 8; w73 701; yb70 212-213; w61 151; yb61 132-133, 190-191
eyeglasses: g60 9/8 23-24
fairies and leprechauns: g68 8/22 27-28; g53 4/8 11
fear of death: g65 7/22 16; g64 11/8 5; g58 10/22 20; g54 1/8 21; g54 1/22 18; g54 4/8 10
fear of the dead: w82 9/1 3-4; w63 73; ln 34; g62 8/22 5-6
funerals: g55 2/8 24
gamblers: w74 586-587; w72 594
gems: g61 11/22 18-19
groundhog: g55 5/8 24
hinders medical aid: g74 6/22 31
honeybee: g65 11/8 12
horseshoe: g78 11/8 18
itching: g58 10/22 20
Jehovah frees from: gh 140
jewels: g56 1/22 8; g55 9/8 18-19
Jewish, regarding Jehovah’s name: Rbi8 1561-1562; na 8, 14, 18-20, 22; w78 5/1 4-5; ad 882, 884; w69 549; g65 2/22 6; w64 422; ns 103-104; w60 453; w53 532; lg 22; ep 25
knocking on wood: g60 9/8 22; g55 2/22 11
ladder: g60 9/8 22; g32 4/13 421
Laplanders: g75 2/8 26; g72 6/22 23
medicinal rings: g56 1/22 8
medicine: g62 8/22 13
medicines and herbs: g55 11/8 27; g54 5/22 10; g52 4/8 16; w50 289-290; g50 6/22 20
“Miracle Cloth” based on Shroud of Turin: g80 3/8 29
mirror: g52 4/8 24; g32 4/13 420-421
moon: g54 7/8 17
mysterious chants: w58 305; g52 4/8 13-14; g51 6/22 16; g32 4/13 421
New Year’s Day: g58 10/22 20
nothing has tended more thoroughly to corrupt Christianity than the introduction into it of superstitions which are pagan themselves (quote): kc 90-91
number 13: g60 9/8 22; g54 1/8 21
number of superstitions worldwide: w82 9/1 3; g78 11/8 17
Oak of St. Anthony: g57 8/8 21-22
ol’ higue (old hag): g64 9/22 26
origin: gh 134-135
rag doll stuck with pins: g51 11/22 9-10
rhinoceros: g72 6/8 9-10
salting food: g58 3/22 27
“seven gods of good luck”: gh 133-134
sex crimes: g60 9/8 23
ship christening: g60 9/8 24
sneezing: g60 9/8 22-23; g50 10/22 8
soft drink prescription: g51 11/22 10
soul: g63 5/22 5-6; w58 305-306; g58 3/22 27; g58 10/22 20; g53 7/22 11
source: g68 2/8 22, 25
spices: g58 10/22 20; g53 11/22 21; g52 4/8 24; g32 4/13 422
stones: g50 6/22 20
sweeping: g53 7/22 11; g52 4/8 24
theatrical: g32 4/13 421-422
trees: g62 8/22 12-15
weather: g55 5/8 24
List by Place
Africa: w82 9/1 3-7; w80 8/1 6; us 3-7, 37; yb77 157-159; yb76 152; g74 1/22 26; w73 486; w73 698, 701; g72 6/8 26; g71 9/8 18; g70 5/8 16-17; w69 454, 643-647; g69 3/8 26; g69 11/22 14-15; g69 12/22 18-19
honey bird: g55 8/22 19
Belgium:
Stephening (blessing cows): g54 5/22 10
Botswana: w81 8/1 9
Brazil: g67 4/8 22
China: g70 3/22 9, 11; w67 702
junks: g64 12/8 22-23
marriage of the dead: g82 9/22 29
Hong Kong: g74 2/22 30; g71 4/8 24, 26; g70 1/8 9-11
India:
farmers appeal to rain god: g80 2/8 31
Italy:
“Saint” Januarius: g79 6/22 29
Ivory Coast: w85 7/1 7-10; yb81 175-176
Japan: g78 12/22 19-20; g76 5/8 31; g68 2/8 23-24
tunnel construction industry: g78 6/22 30
Lesotho: w81 1/1 10
New Zealand: w79 2/1 10-11
Puerto Rico: g70 6/8 7
Suriname: w80 7/15 12-13
Truk Islands: w84 12/15 24