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    Baseball Magic

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    idea is to show how two different cultures‚ American Baseball and the Trobriand Islanders both have the same idea. That idea being that if you change your way of doing something it ultimately ruin you. Keeping things the same will keep your luck the same. -----> The article talks about rituals‚ how Dennis Grossini‚ a Detroit Tiger pitcher‚ would do everything the same on game day. Dennis would wake up at the same time‚ eat lunch at the same time‚ in fact he would eat the

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    Asma

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    6/30/13 Share 0 Nia Ilemor: Reblog - MUET Speaking Sample Questions More Next Blog» Create Blog Nia Ilemor I just want to type and write. That’s it. About Me Mar 10‚ 2011 Followers Join this site w ith Google Friend Connect Reblog - MUET Speaking Sample Questions Assalamualaikum peeps! Nia Ilemor On behalf of the alter ego. View my complete profile I know that people is feeling scared of this MUET thing. So‚ it is always a good idea to practice. The fact is‚ actually‚ the questions

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    Benet’s Jabez Stone gets fed up with all of the things that happen to him. He feels he is the most unlucky person in the world and makes a deal with the devil so that he can have good luck for (ultimately) ten years before the devil takes him. The deal makes Jabez have good crop turnout‚ strong horses‚ and good luck‚ but also extreme apprehensiveness “For every day‚ when he gets up‚ he thinks‚ ‘There’s one more night gone‚’ and every night he lies down he thinks of the black pocketbook and the soul

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    REACTION PAPER ON THE PHILIPPINE AGENDA Submitted by: Herjane D. Pasuquin BSCE-II Submitted to: Engr. Pericles O. Mabida When our teacher told us that we will be watching a video about political government in the Philippines‚ I thought that it would be about politics only. But as the videos are playing‚ I realize that it was more than politics. It is an eye-opener not only for the government officials but also to all Filipinos. They made a documentation

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    Useful Japanese Phrases

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    (ittekimasu) - ’I’ll be back’ - you are leaving いってらっしゃい (itterasshai) - ’come back soon’ - you are staying じゃあまたね (jā mata ne) - see you later Good luck ご幸運を祈ります! (gokoūn o inorimasu) - frm 頑張ってね (gambatte ne) - inf Have a nice day 良い一日を (Yoi ichinichi o) Bon voyage (Have a good journey) よい旅行を (yoi ryokō o) ごきげんよう! (gokigen yō - Goodbye / Good luck) いってらっしゃい (itte irasshai - Go and come back) 一路平安を祈る (ichiroheian o inoru) - I wish you a smooth road (old fashioned) Excuse me すみません! (sumimasen)

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    Charms and Omens

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    Charms are the trinkets that are worn‚ believing that these particular things will do good or avert evil from the people who wear these. Kabbalah The Kabbalah red string bracelet is worn to ward off all evils and negative energy. Kabbalists are of the belief that if someone is jealous of you‚ they look at you with the "evil eye" and thus‚ negative energy enters your life‚ which can harm you in many ways. Kabbalists wear a red string bracelet‚ at all times‚ as according to their religion‚ it

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    20 Medieval Superstitions

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    someone spotted a bat‚ it was considered bad luck. 2. Another superstition was that they thought horses repelled witches; therefore‚ witches rode brooms or pitchforks instead. 3. If a child rode on the back of a bear‚ he or she would be protected from whooping cough. 4. The lucky horseshoe came from the belief that horses repelled witches. They would hang horseshoes that were removed naturally in such a way that the curved part was facing downward so the luck would not “spill out”. 5. Halloween was

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    mirror) B. Do you believe that if a certain thing happens it can change your luck? C. The Origin of Superstitions: “What are superstitions”? II. Orienting Material A. Superstitions are enormous in their variety B. There are good luck superstitions‚ bad luck superstitions‚ and personal superstitions. (Transition: Here are some of the most known superstitious beliefs) BODY I. Good luck superstitions and their origins A. Knocking on wood 1. According to Romans‚ good

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    Tet Holiday

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    out right. They buy new clothes‚ paint and clean their homes‚ cook three days worth of food‚ pay off all debts and make amends to rid themselves of all bad feelings. Cleaning is frowned on during Tet because one would not want to sweep out any good luck. Digging and drawing water is also not allowed so the ground and water can enjoy the holiday. The marketplace is very busy the week before Tet‚ as people buy food‚ trinkets‚ firecrackers‚ flowers‚ and other items in anticipation of the holiday.

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    Superstitions

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    Introduction The subject of our scientific research is devoted to the superstitions‚ especially in Britain and Russia. In our work we are going to tell about typical omens of bad luck and lucky charms of these two countries and to find out common and different features of them. The theme is also quite interesting from the point of the influence of superstitions on people. In addition we would like to draw attention to

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