Learn American English: The Top 10 Superstitions and Beliefs #3 - Walking Under Ladders and Horseshoes
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| 0:00.0 | Walking Under a Ladder |
| 0:08.0 | Did you know? |
| 0:10.0 | It's believed in the US that walking under a ladder will bring you bad luck. |
| 0:14.0 | This superstition probably arose to deter people from walking under a ladder to reduce risk |
| 0:19.0 | of ladder-related injuries. Other sources say that it's because a ladder forms a triangle, |
| 0:23.6 | a symbol of the Holy Trinity, and walking through it is blasphemous. |
| 0:27.6 | If you walk under a ladder, spit three times between the rungs, |
| 0:31.6 | or cross your fingers until you see a dog. |
| 0:40.3 | Hanging a horseshoe. In the U.S., it's believed that hanging a horseshoe, especially above a doorway, is good luck. |
| 0:46.0 | Make sure to hang it so that it makes a U shape, otherwise the luck will drain out. |
| 0:50.5 | Supposedly, the iron in the horseshoe repels and causes pain to any evil spirits that try to enter the house. |
| 0:56.4 | Like most American superstitions, the act of hanging a horseshoe has Christian and pagan origins. |
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