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    symbolized wisdom and the change of the season (good); has since been turned into a scary old hag. E. Trick-or-Treating: stem from the belief that on “all-hallows eve”‚ the boundary between the real world and the spirit world is opened. One superstition is that ghosts would disguise themselves as humans‚ and come to your door asking for food. If you turned them down‚ you could be haunted. Another is that dressing as a ghost or goblin would fool the real ones into thinking you were one of them

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    Hawaiian Marriage

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    Main Point 1: Marriage 1. Marriage is a very important factor in the Hawaiian culture‚ today I will tell you about the traditional clothing‚ the superstitions in marriage‚ and other key traditions in a wedding ceremony. A. The Hawaiian traditional attire is a very important element in the wedding. 1. Flowers are a big cultural tradition with Hawaiians. a. The bride and groom both wear beautiful leis which are necklaces made of flowers‚ nuts‚ seeds‚ and other plant material

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    Just my luck

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    luck or if you were to choose‚ would you decide on a snow-white cat or a pitch-black one? It is incredible how‚without even realising it‚ more and more people are becoming superstitious. In Albania‚ the superstitions’ subject is extremely fascinating. In my country‚ the variety of superstitions in which people compliantly believe is extraordinary. In general‚ Albanians tend to relate their magical beliefs to significant events throughout their life. For example‚ you should never move house in February

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    would make myself luckier? Will it change anything if I just believe I’m lucky? In general‚ I don’t believe in this kind of superstition stuff‚ and I find them both meaningless and a waste of time. But since quite a lot people actually believe in them‚ I did a research about how “good luck” affects our daily life. The result was a little beyond my expectation. Superstition didn’t turn out to be completely negative. In fact‚ just like every coin has its other side‚ “good luck” somehow has positive

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    a special contribution to the thought of the western educated gentry in Bombay and the cities in Maharashtra. His campaigns against sorcerers and enchanters suggested that he considered it a duty of the educated people to clear the cobwebs of superstitions from the minds of the mass of people. The foundation of the ‘Paramhansa Sabha’ showed the way for others to follow. It was nor religion that was the chief

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    would occur. Not only this‚ but Behemoth was also Satan’s accomplice‚ so it would only make sense that bad luck and bad events should take place with Satan’s crew as well. This made me think that Behemoth had to be in fact a black cat to show some superstition that was demonstrated throughout the people from the time period which this work was written in. Another event that took place in the novel that didn’t make sense to me was why did the author only portray an evil figure throughout the novel

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    a bona fide mistake Jury found guilty of murder and sentenced to death in applying standard of reasonableness ignoring race‚ superstitions‚ intelligence (words of AD). AD held although belief was unreasonable it was bona fide so culpable homicide rather than murder and sentenced to 18 months of hard labour 16:30 Ngema case (extract 52) – Allowed belief in superstition to be considered in negligence test but still unreasonable to kill child thought to be attacking him as tokoloshe Conduct of the

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    The Curse

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    victim of her own belief in the supernatural. Prior to the encounter with the Pontianak‚ she has gone to seek out the bomoh to get a charm to win back her husband’s affections. She is superstitious enough to resort to such a desperate act. It is her superstition that makes her believe what she sees as a ‘ghost’ and that is why she faints from utter shock. What is so ironic is that she has thrown away the first charm which is a small piece of paper with written incantation into the river. The result is

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    Superstitious

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    traditions and customs are still practiced. These traditions and customs are kept because most families realize that it is these very traditions‚ whether believed or not‚ that provide continuity with the past and provide the family with an identity. Superstition seems to be created from our aversion to back luck and especially death. I know of a couple of friends who will never sleep with their feet facing the door. They tell me that only corpses lie down with their feet facing the door! Soon they will

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    translation should fully consider the popularity and the nationality of itself ‚ and reflected it in the translation faithfully.In the old traditions‚ digital had not only sacred meaning‚but also had the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of religious superstition color. Different nations has different preference to digital‚ but all of them have a brand of national culture. Key words Chinese and English numbers;connotative meaning;translation;different cultures 1 Introduction From the first

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