Istiqlál (Independence), 9 Núr (Light), 171 BE - Friday, June 13, 2014 about 10:22 am Pacific Daylight Time
Happy Friday the Thirteenth or perhaps I should say have a lucky Friday the Thirteenth. There are lots of superstitions about Friday, food, and the number thirteen. Some of these superstitions are amusing and some of them cause a person to stare blankly into space shaking his or her head in astonishment. One of the food superstitions that I grew up with concerned eating black eyed peas on New Year's Day.
Every year I remember Grandma fixing black eyed peas. On December 31, Grandma Mary put the black eyed peas to soak and then, on the morning of January 1, she would put them on to stove to cook. Before turning on the burner, she would add salt, a table spoon of white vinegar, and either pigs feet or fat back. The peas were always cooked by the time the family was ready to eat in the afternoon.
Another superstition I was brought up with concerned salt. If either my sibling or I inadvertently spilled the salt then Grandma or Grandpa would tell that person to throw a pinch of salt over his or her right shoulder. I remember seeing my grandparents and parents do the same thing when they spilled the salt.
A superstition my family never had to worry about was having thirteen guest at the dinner table. I doubt that we could have fit that many people at the table anyway because there was barely enough room for the eight people at our table much less thirteen. Still it is considered unlucky to have thirteen people at a dinner table or a dinner party.
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Friday, June 13, 2014
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Saturday in Las Vegas reviewing Friday
Jalál (Glory), 7 Kalimat (Words), 165 BE – Saturday, July 19, 2008 about 6:44 PM PDT
It has been an interesting week. Thursday I took Mom to the bank to deposit a check. In the bank we met an elderly gentleman, who said the safest place for money was in a safety deposit box. I would not have thought so much about it except when I went into a bank branch in a grocery store on Friday we met the same man.
In the grocery store I found a brand new penny lying face up on the floor. After we left the grocery store, I took Mom to her bank to make a deposit. I found another brand new penny lying face up. I am not sure whether it was a coincidence or not, I am still trying figure that out. I am not sure whether I actually believe in coincidences. However, it does give me something to consider.
An old superstition says finding a penny lying face up is good luck. If that old superstation is true, which I doubt, does finding two pennies lying face up double the good luck. When a penny is dropped it can fall either heads or tails up. Each penny that is dropped has a fifty percent chance of landing heads up and a fifty percent chance of landing tails up.
All finding the two pennies means is that I can finally start a project, which has been on the back burner since March 21, 2008 (this time around). I could not start the project until I found a penny on the ground. Now that I have found two pennies in one day, not only can I start the project, but also I can advance to "level" two. No, I am not going to say what the project is at this point. I will write more about it later, when I have more money in the "kitty". I have attempted this project a couple of times before, but never gotten very far. Therefore, it will be interesting to see if I can continue to the final "level" of the project.
It has been an interesting week. Thursday I took Mom to the bank to deposit a check. In the bank we met an elderly gentleman, who said the safest place for money was in a safety deposit box. I would not have thought so much about it except when I went into a bank branch in a grocery store on Friday we met the same man.
In the grocery store I found a brand new penny lying face up on the floor. After we left the grocery store, I took Mom to her bank to make a deposit. I found another brand new penny lying face up. I am not sure whether it was a coincidence or not, I am still trying figure that out. I am not sure whether I actually believe in coincidences. However, it does give me something to consider.
An old superstition says finding a penny lying face up is good luck. If that old superstation is true, which I doubt, does finding two pennies lying face up double the good luck. When a penny is dropped it can fall either heads or tails up. Each penny that is dropped has a fifty percent chance of landing heads up and a fifty percent chance of landing tails up.
All finding the two pennies means is that I can finally start a project, which has been on the back burner since March 21, 2008 (this time around). I could not start the project until I found a penny on the ground. Now that I have found two pennies in one day, not only can I start the project, but also I can advance to "level" two. No, I am not going to say what the project is at this point. I will write more about it later, when I have more money in the "kitty". I have attempted this project a couple of times before, but never gotten very far. Therefore, it will be interesting to see if I can continue to the final "level" of the project.
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