Luck

Teach · January 2015

What do you think will bring you luck in 2015?

In most parts of the UK black cats are considered lucky.

In Germany, around New Year, everyone buys lucky marzipan shamrocks, pink piggies and chimney sweeps.

mheredge · January 2015

I need to make sure of spoiling the little black cat that lives here then @Lynne. Maybe, touch wood, he'll bring me luck.

april · January 2015

Actually, I've never thought to find something that bring me luck.
I'm content with what I have, I guess.
We always say " shatters bring luck" when we drop and smash a glas for example.
That's what Greeks do while they dance the Sirtaki, right?
They smash plates and quite a lot!
Does this tradition bring them luck?

mheredge · January 2015

But broken mirrors are a sign of bad luck aren't they @april? I think to a large extent, we create luck for ourselves.

Bubbly · January 2015

For me, my luck is my faith...the stronger it is the more I get!

Teach · January 2015

Chimney sweeps are considered lucky in the UK and Germany. Even though many houses have central heating nowadays, the romance of an open fire hasn't died, and chimney sweeps are sometimes invited to weddings to kiss the bride.

aryarchi · January 2015

@bubbli , There's no special thing bringing luck for me too.

mheredge · January 2015

I think myself lucky when I see a black cat, but only because I find that they are such beautiful animals.

Bubbly · January 2015

@aryarchi find out dear... may be its inside you!

aryarchi · January 2015

@mheredge, It's a little odd, are you sure that you feel lucky seeing a black cat?
@bubbli , I don't think so , I can't find anything.

mheredge · January 2015

For me, black cats have always made me feel fortunate @aryarchi. Maybe it is only because I find they are such lovely animals (though I like all cats). Or maybe it's just to do with the fact that as a child we liked to have a black cat as a pet. Interestingly, some cultures regard them as symbols of bad luck, while some see them as lucky.

aryarchi · January 2015

@mheredge , even if it is a lovely black cat, I remember misfortune while imaging it.

Bubbly · January 2015

@mheredge quite different experience with black cats..which culture see it as lucky? I never heard!

mheredge · January 2015

In Scotland @bubbli‌, a black cat arriving to a home signifies prosperity. They are considered good luck in Japan. Though in Germany, a black cat crossing a person's path from right to left is bad luck, going the opposite way, from left to right is good luck.

Gamblers don't like them, but sailors preferred a black cat for good luck. Egyptian households sometimes believed they'd gain favour from Bastet, the Egyptian cat god by having black cats in their home. Charles I believed that his luck was gone when his black cat died. The next day he was arrested and charged with high treason, so maybe there was something in it.

As a kid we used to always have a black cat @bubbli. Perhaps this was because my father was once a sailor.

Bubbly · January 2015

@mheredge very deep research, infact!:) Thank you for sharing!

mheredge · January 2015

Frank · March 2015

Lynne said:
In most parts of the UK black cats are considered lucky.

This sounds special to me @Lynne. Superstitious people in Holland taught me that when a black cat crosses your path, it will bring bad luck. I thought this might be an alternative view of the people in my country alone, so I've been searching for the English version of the story and I found this:

A black cat crossing your path is considered by many to be an omen of doom; not only is it bad luck, it is VERY bad luck. From there the goes as far as belief that the black cat is a demon in disguise trying to cut off a person’s access to heaven. It is said that cats- and black cats in particular- act as “familiars” to witches, creatures that are imbibed with an evil, otherworldly sentience that give power to their master.

You can learn more about this here:

You can also look at it at another way:

Bubbly · March 2015

Wow! What a beautiful cat. I really want it to cross my path.

Saira · May 2015

I don't believe in luck only hard work gives you success but black cats are beautiful .

mheredge · May 2015

When I see a black cat, whether or not it crosses my path, I consider myself very lucky.

Bubbly · May 2015

I believe in it.

Saira · May 2015

Maybe sometime luck works.

mheredge · May 2015

But when it comes to betting on a horse to win, I think I jinx the poor animal as I'm never lucky.

Saira · May 2015

Some time I believe in luck,the only good luck may great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to over come bad luck.

dee · June 2015

@Saira,and @mheredge ,I have very strong believe on luck,I saw often these things happen with us and others.

Teach · June 2015

Any examples of blind luck @dee? What was your luckiest moment?

dee · June 2015

@Lynne,I often won the lottery. :) Once I won a small car. :)

mheredge · June 2015

Wow @dee. What did you do with it?

dee · June 2015

@mheredge ,I got the car and drove it home. :)

[Deleted User] · January 2016

Clovers occasionally have four leaflets, instead of the usual three. These four-leaf clovers, like other rarities, are considered lucky. Clovers can also have five, six, or more leaflets, but these are rarer.
A common idiom is "to be (or to live) in clover", meaning to live a carefree life of ease, comfort, or prosperity. This originally referred to the fact that clover is fattening to cattle.

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