Farm superstitions abound . If you ’re superstitious , you might bid you could spend all of Friday the 13th in seam , covers pulled up to your ears , anxiously awaiting the onset of tomorrow .
Logically , we know that bad ( and good ) thing will happen irrespective of whether we cross our fingers . However , Judith Viorst gets at the core of most people ’s superstitions with the next quotation . “ superstitious notion is dopy , infantile , rude and irrational – but how much does it be you to knock on wood ? ”
Why not take the extra caution ?
13 Farming Superstitions
A immediate on-line search will confirm that superstitions hold dependable across the board , but here are 13 superstitions that are well - known in the Earth of Agriculture Department and agriculture . Do you swear by any of them ?
1 . Never start a raw Book of Job / undertaking on a Friday . ( This must go twice for Friday the 13th . )
2 . Never raise 13 stock of one metal money / stock .
3 . quoits are believed to be prosperous and pop the question protection , but people have dissimilar beliefs about how they should be hang . Some say a horseshoe hung with the death pointing up ( U ) will take in and store the lot . Others say a shoe hanging with the ends show down will let good luck flow out and fence your abode or barn .
4 . “ cerise sky at Nox , sailor ’s pleasure . Red sky in morning , sailor ’s warning . ”
5 . Finding a smutty snake in the garden or field is a forerunner of a liberal crop for that crop .
6 . tree diagram leaves squander upside down by the current of air foretell pelting .
7 . Crops sown from Frederick North to south will develop practiced than crops sown east to west .
8 . Crops sown during a full lunation will thrive , while crop sow during a wane lunar month will wither .
9 . Never plant anything on the 31st of the calendar month .
10 . Rain on Easter Sunday will bring in rainfall for the following seven Sun .
11 . Anything planted by a pregnant cleaning lady is ensure to thrive .
12 . Never harvest or industrial plant on the 13th of any calendar month .
13 . Once the forsythia blooms , there will be three more snows .
Regardless of whatever your beliefs on superstitious notion are , Friday the 13th is an important Clarence Day because it asks you to be present and aware of your surroundings more than other day throughout the year . Instead of just steering clear of the number 13 and being extra conservative around mirrors today , why not refocus that hyper - vigilance onto other aspects of your farm ? Take this opportunity toanalyze your soilwith refreshing eyes , or to reevaluate your chicken feeder / water boy setup . You ’re already paying more attention to potentially spoilt things today ; why not hone in on the good ( and improvable ) thing , too ?
In fact , maybe we should just put an end to Friday the 13th ’s bad reputation and rather use it as a day to evaluate and improve the things around us on our farms and in our homes and garden . But , just to be good , I plan to avoid other affair consociate with bad luck today — as well as alien in ice hockey masks run big knives . It ca n’t hurt , ripe ?
This clause about farm superstitions and Friday the 13th was write for Hobby Farms magazine . Click here to take .
