Superstitions of Shakespeare's Time by Seth Beeler https://padlet.com/10513/z6hml157uiix Made with joy en-us 2017-08-22 15:56:34 UTC 2017-08-24 15:55:36 UTC hello@padlet.com 10 Facts about the Superstitions. 10513 https://padlet.com/10513/z6hml157uiix/wish/182124848 1. Back in Shakespeare's plays, they believed that there were fairies in the woods.
2. Goblins in the fields.
3. There superstitions that there were witches and that they made deals with the devil. 
4.  They also believed that humor was one of the best medicines.
5. Saying "God Bless You" following a sneeze - Elizabethans believed that the devil could enter your body when you opened your mouth to sneeze - the blessing warded off the Devil.
6. An eclipse was seen as an omen of evil.
7. Shoes on a table - If you put shoes on a table it was very bad luck - inviting an imminent death
8. The 'seventh son of a seventh son' was believed to possess supernatural powers
9. It was unlucky for a black cat to cross your path ( Black is the color associated with evil magic and a cat was strongly associated with a witch's familiar
10. Pin bay leaves to your pillow on the Eve of St Valentine, one at each corner and one in the middle and you will then dream of your future husband


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Another one is a short poem that goes as listed below.
Puck would say:

"How now, spirit, whither wander you?"

and the Fairy answered:

"Over hill, over dale.
Through bush, through briar,
Over park, over pale, 
Through flood, through fire. 
I do wander everywhere. 
Swifter than the moon's sphere;
And I serve the fairy queen, 
To dew her orbs upon the green: 
And cowslips to all her pensioners be;
In their gold coats spots you see. 
There be rubies, fairy favours. 
In these freckles live their savours; 
I must go suck some dew-drops here. 
And hang a pearl on every cowslip's ear. 
Farewell, thou lob of spirits, I'll be gone; 
Our queen and all our elves come here anon."
]]> 2017-08-24 14:53:37 UTC https://padlet.com/10513/z6hml157uiix/wish/182588361 Analysis Paragraph https://padlet.com/10513/z6hml157uiix/wish/182606174 Most of the superstitions are still around today. For example if you walk under a latter its bad luck , if you spill salt it is considered ''bad luck.'' We learned that these superstitions really haven't changed, and that most people are still afraid of these superstitions till this day.]]> 2017-08-24 15:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/10513/z6hml157uiix/wish/182606174