Heavy Duty Superstition

I have lost some cash that I thought it was in one of my bags and it is no longer there. I have turned my room upside down and still can not find it and this is driving me nuts. I usually do not lose things and the reason I hid this money is......., well it does not matter.

So, I was talking about this to my sister and she told me to grab a scarf and to make a knot with it and search the room holding it. She said that she does this all the time when she misplaces her keys or other stuff and she is very successful locating them! My next door neighbor told me to stand in my room and recite repeatedly " St. Augustine, I have lost my money, please help me find it" and I will be able to locate my money.

Interesting! Now in this case, the health or theft issues are irrelevant, and since the puzzle is still unsolved, we are back to superstition! Many people think it (superstition) works, and for those who believe, it really does!! My husband believes that when we have a guest that has been in our house for a long time and is not intending to leave, if he turns the broom upside down, he will leave immediately. Have he tried it? Numerous times. Does it work for him? All the time and I am not kidding.

When someone leaves the house on a trip (It could be either a guest or the resident), we pour a glass of water behind him, meaning that we want him back soon into our house. If we throw and shatter a black clay pot (with the emphasis on color black) , that means that we do not want him back in this house again, ever. Elders swear that the black clay pot works fabulously! Theory untested in my household, it may not last for a long time.

I recall my paternal grandmother very well, and after the incident of the lost money and all the superstitions I remembered something that she did and I did not understand back then. She used to live with us when she was in her golden years and when her relatives came to visit her, she sometimes took a needle with thread and pinned it into a dish towel in the kitchen. When I asked her why she did that, she said that her realtives spoke too much! Now I understand what she did back then, some people indeed talk too much and sometimes actions are required to shut them up! She seemed to believe that it worked, because she never stopped doing it and was very pleased with herself. I am very tempted to try this one though.

We are talking about serious stuff here, not occasional garlic and salt that works against evil eye. We believe that nothing is wrong with us, but everything is wrong with the others. Now if this losing money incident is an early indicator of dimentia or alzheimer, we do not consider, because the saints and the scarves are going to help me locate my money. Of course leaving it in the bank is another option that we are not considering.