Superstition - Keys on the table

Huh - I always put keys on the table, never knew it was considered bad !!

Maybe that is the reason I havent won the lottery as yet

Tarah, do you know of the hat on the bed? If not, go rent Drugstore Cowboy.

I've just discovered that according to "Sperenza Wilde" (Oscar's Mum) that we cover our mouths when we yawn (it used to be the sign of a cross) to stop the devil rushing in.

Gautam darling, now I've cleared the last obstacle between you and £1,000,000, do I get commission?

Gawd, CF, hat on the bed? Sounds more like Dr Seuss than anything else.

Thanks guys :wink:

I only could find (online) that this seems to be (mainly) a superstition in Sweden,
In France (and Spain and Italy), you get bad luck, when you lay a baguette with the 'wrong' (flat) site on the table - you'll have to wait for ages even for a Bingo win, Gautam!

Walter, you're always so helpful. Thank you ... yet again!

I actually wanted to know for an article I'm writing.

No worries, if no one can help I'll ask the readers to write in with the answer! :wink:

Tarah, I know this from my Swedish mother-in-law. But why - beats me... I'll ask BigDice...

Everybody in Sweden knows this, tsk tsk... keys on the table, might as well walk under ladders, unbelievable...

What can I say, urs53 and bigdice .............. Informative isn't the word!!!!!

Thanks anyway! :wink:

Well, Tarah, you know how men are. You ask them something and they answer some other questions obviously...

I will still try to get an answer to 'why' tonight! Never give up!

Well, looked up "Opie, Iona: A dictionary of superstitions" for it - bigdice's answer is as good as what to be found there :wink: