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[00:00.30]Superstitions|[00:04.08] I am not superstitious, are you?|[00:07.56] Yesterday was Friday the thirteenth.|[00:12.29] Some people think that Friday the thirteenth|[00:15.09] is an unlucky day.|[00:18.01] I think that it is just like any other day.|[00:22.24] Some people believe that if a black cat crosses your path,|[00:25.97] you will have bad luck.|[00:29.02] I don't believe that either.|[00:33.00] My mother always gets upset|[00:34.81] if I open an umbrella in the house.|[00:38.25] She says that it is bad luck.|[00:41.60] She is probably right about|[00:42.97] that one because an open umbrella would take up|[00:45.71] a lot of space, and you might knock things over.|[00:49.51] If your left hand is itchy, you are supposed to get money.|[00:54.48] I have had an itchy left hand before,|[00:57.78] but I haven't received any money because of it.|[01:01.26] It is bad luck to walk under a ladder.|[01:05.18] This is probably true|[01:06.18] because you might knock somebody off the ladder,|[01:08.79] or have a can of paint fall on top of you.|[01:12.46] If you are acting in a play,|[01:14.57] it is bad luck if someone says "good luck" to you.|[01:18.93] This is very confusing.|[01:22.60] You are supposed to tell an actor to "break a leg."|[01:26.95] It doesn't mean that you want the actor to break his leg.|[01:31.31] It means good luck to the actor.|[01:34.23] Actors have a lot of superstitions that are very unusual.|[01:38.40] I am not superstitious.|[01:41.14] I don't believe in superstitions at all.|[01:45.43] It is just fun to learn about superstitions.|[01:49.91] Some of them are very old|[01:52.03] and have been passed down from generation to generation.|[01:56.25] I once did a project at school on superstitions.|[02:00.11] It was a very interesting topic, and I got a good mark for it.