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@niftytheundying

6 жыл бұрын

Being British: Joel & Lia the umbrella thing is in America

@JulianDSmith

6 жыл бұрын

Because Lia seem like she had a pointer nose one year ago

@angietyndall7337

6 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid the mirror and black cat thing sure, but also this one: :Dont step on a crack ( in the sidewalk mostly is the reference) or you'll break your mother's back." Of course I never bought into any of these or other superstitions.

The umbrella indoors superstition is in America as well..

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Ah okay!

@ZelenaStaplesLewis

6 жыл бұрын

Celeste Galloway and in Brazil

@maximiliandc2

6 жыл бұрын

and in Chinese culture too, invites ghosts as it goes.

@fanny9378

6 жыл бұрын

in France too

@vanessagideon1583

6 жыл бұрын

In Namibia too

Still a big fan of the hygiene tips... haha! Loved filming with ya huns! X

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for being the mustard in our sandwich hun! x

I love how rebellious Joel is 😂

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

hahaha 😈

Here in Russia we always open umbrellas indoors in order to dry them. :) Oh, and I'm with Joel on this one. Never believed in any superstitions, it's just poppycock.

@peepla7

6 жыл бұрын

Forgot10dude we turn our umbrella upside down to dry...over a bucket or holder...the point forms a funnel to help water drain faster. not a superstition....just what my family does.

I'm definitely Joel here! 😂😂 Rebellious, and I don't believe in any superstitions.

One time i was in a store with my mom and they had a ladder to reach stuff high up on shelves. And my mom told me to walk around it but out of spite i walked under and she walked around and tripped on the ladder. 😂 Also in America we say knock on wood rather than touch wood. So we find some wood and knock on it like if u were knocking on a door. Finally, my mom is from Mexico and if she asks for salt im not be allowed to pass the salt shaker directly to her hand i have to put it down in front of her. That superstition also applies to a bar of soap. And she refuses to put her purse on the floor.

Lovely video guys! Great collab! Really enjoyed this. Actually fun talking points for the class. Thanks so much! Love and cheers! 👍💗😘🇬🇧

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! haha

I'm a middle-aged American dad, and I actually used a variation of, "My ears are burning," three days ago. I went over to a party at the house of friends I hadn't seen in months. They said, "Hey, we were just talking about you last week!" I responded, "I thought my ears were burning!" Opening an umbrella inside is also considered bad luck. Like Joel, I do it because I don't believe in superstition. I do some of them because they are fun, like throwing salt over your left shoulder. (It's the left shoulder because the idea is to hit the devil in the eye, and the left side is the devil's side, supposedly.) I feel like walking under a ladder is a safety issue, as you might knock it over, or the worker might drop something on you. In the US, we "knock wood" instead of touching it. We also do the knocking on our head thing, as if we are wooden headed. We also have, "Find a penny, pick it up..." A girlfriend of mine in high school claimed that if you found it "tails" side up (the Lincoln Memorial on our pennies) you should just flip it over and leave it, but if it is "heads" side up (Honest Abe himself) it was good luck to keep it. I had never heard of that, but she was from Texas so maybe it's a thing there. One I hate, hate, hate is that it's considered bad luck if a black cat crosses your path. This sometimes results in the torture and murder of black cats, and animal cruelty is just repellent to me. How terrible a person do you need to be to go out of your way to harm something that can't harm you?!? I'll stop before I really start ranting. There are lots of sports superstitions, both on the part of fans and players. For instance, baseball players have a superstition not to step on the baselines when they take the field. A common fan superstition is the "rally cap", where you wear your baseball hat inside out when your team is behind. I have a friend whose hockey team won when he had forgotten to take the tag off his new hat, so now he wears it with the tag on while the team is playing.

@s.aliciajordan9079

6 жыл бұрын

burke615 My family is from Louisiana (and Texas) and I had heard that finding a penny heads up is lucky if you luck it up but finding it tails is unlucky. So, maybe that's a Southern thing. I'd never heard if flipping it over if it was tails. I just thought you weren't supposed to pick up unlucky pennies. (I did anyway.)

@dustin628

6 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Arizona and our penny superstition is the same, if its tails leave it!

@Jeffrey_troutman

6 жыл бұрын

In Okahoma too. If its tails: DO NOT TOUCH. If it's heads, you'll have bad luck if you don't pick it up, and good luck if you do.

@seatbelttruck

6 жыл бұрын

Theaters have a lot of superstitions too, such as saying "break a leg" instead of "good luck" to avoid jinxing the play. A bad dress-rehearsal is considered good-luck for the first performance (maybe because you're getting the mistakes out of the way?.) And never mention the Scottish play inside of a theater, unless it is the play being practiced or performed.

@bobbatcher6021

6 жыл бұрын

If you visit a pound in America, notice how many unadopted cats are black. That is from the black cat superstition as well.

I love the British Superstitions collab with Hayley Morris, thank you, Joel and Lia!!! 🇬🇧😍

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

thanks Barbie!

I’m from Oklahoma in the US. I’ve always heard that if your palm itches, you’re getting money. On the horseshoe, it’s only good luck if the open part is pointed up. I’ve also always been told that a cowboy can hang his cowboy hat, but if he sets it down on a table, it has to be set down upside down or all the luck runs out.

If your ears are burning your head's on fire.

America here. If you are walking with some one and you pass by a pole in between you, you must say out loud "bread and butter" to avoid an argument later.

I grew up in America hearing all of these but the bag of crisps. Another here is "step on a crack and break your mother's back". Lol I'm a tad rebellious like Joel 🤣 😝 ❤ you guys!

OHMAGOD !! I've been waiting for a cooking ( especially baking ) video for sooo long , very excited to see it , I know it's gonna be fun !

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

hahaha enjoy!

Uuuh I'm excited for this 🎉 I think "superstition" in general is quite an interesting topic 😅😂

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah definitely, still lots left to cover in another video!

I'm so early!!! 😊 I love it when you do collabs! Lia's laughter is contagious! 💕

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Aw thank you!

when i stated smoking (i stopped in 85) it was still considered bad luck to get the third light. it comes from the trenches in WW1

@Sophie.S..

6 жыл бұрын

I have heard that one - I think it's something like the first light the sniper sees you, the second light he takes aim and the third light he fires.

@johncameron1349

6 жыл бұрын

That's right

@loganinkosovo

6 жыл бұрын

Actually it's called "Three on a Match". The third guy always gets it. That's why it's bad luck.... and bad light discipline.

blimey! i'm chuffed to bits by this video. it's so real british, innit? 🇬🇧

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

hahaha

Another Fun, Happy video! Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed.

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Donna!!

In America, we have the same superstitions: "your ears are burning", not opening an umbrella indoors, throwing salt over your shoulder, not walking under a ladder, and we say "knock on wood" instead of "touch wood" but it's the same thing. ;)

The question I have to ask is, "Why would Haley ever have the toilet seat UP?" LOL

The umbrella thing makes sense because it's big and sweeping and if you're not careful you can knock things over or poke someone in the eye.

If you have a horse shoe you must keep the ends up or the good luck falls out. (So they say). 💙

@henningbartels6245

6 жыл бұрын

same in Germany. :-)

@megroux

6 жыл бұрын

The Irish hang it upside down ( so the luck falls out) because they believe a man makes his own luck. At least this is what is done in my family.

Not only in the UK darling gurls. Here in Brazil that's very usual tô hear as well. Luv u both ❤️

Walking under a ladder is a safety thing as well. There is a little ledge you can set tools and paint cans on. You don’t walk under the ladder in case a tool or other item falls from the ledge and hit you.

I'm American and I've heard of the 1st one, the umbrella one. Also my mom tells me to kiss your palm if it itches because money is coming your way. And also I've been told if a spider falls on you or a ladybug that's good luck. Growing up I heard that seeing a black cat at night was bad luck. And seeing an owl or hawk at night means someone you know is going to die. Don't know if you all have heard of rubbing the belly of a "laughing Buddha" for good luck as well.

The indoor umbrella and burning ear are also popular in my country 😂

My maiden name is Wood so my hubby still does the “knock on Wood thing...” it STILL cracks that man up after all these years!!!😂😂 I love him still!!! 😂❤️ And I have no superstitious I’ve heard most of them all... but the mushroom 🍄 spit is a bit strange....sorry... Another fun Joel and Lia video! ♥️🇬🇧♥️

🎉🙌 54k+ subscribers! Awesome guys! Congrats! 👌👍👍🙋

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

Yes to telling children stories about bad luck, lol. My grandmother, whose family were Irish, always told me that if my shoes were stored on their sides (or upside down) it was bad luck. They had to be neatly sitting on their soles. WHen I was a teenager, I called her out on this and said she just told me it was superstition so I would be neater. She got a twinkle in her eye, smiled, and just walked away. :)

Here in Brazil open up a umbrella inside places is also bad lucky. Most of the superstitions are the same. One thing that i think only exists in Brazil is that if you let your flip flops turn upside down your mother dies, so you have to turn it back really fast.

I’ve heard of most of these. We also have “don’t step on a crack or you’ll break your mother’s back” and if you ask someone to pass the salt at a meal, you can’t take it directly from their hand or it’s supposed to be bad luck. That’s when we toss the salt over the shoulder.

Joel, you're so ornery! 'What would most people do? Right, I'm walking under the ladder.' Then looks straight into the camera in challenge. Lol 😂

In the US we have the “your ears are burning”, and the umbrella opening in the house, throwing sal of the shoulder, touching wood. We have so many superstitions that are the same or very similar!

Yes I grew up in the states being told the opening umbrellas indoors was bad luck

Same thing about opening umbrellas indoors here in Brazil!

My family always said if your palms were itchy that you were supposed to come into unexpected money.

Breaking a chicken wishbone with a friend, and whoever gets the biggest bit gets a wish?

When I was a kid, I was fascinated by this sort of stuff, & had a book I kept for years. Here's what I remember: You throw salt over your *left* shoulder. This goes back to when people thought evil spirits caused bad luck. In the old days, your left side was described as your *sinister* side, going all the way back to knightly heraldry, when a stripe or pattern on the left side of the family crest was innocently called sinister, meaning "left." I have no idea when the word "sinister" started meaning evil or unlucky; but, at some point someone made the connection that this meant that evil spirits followed your left shoulder. Salt has long been believed to repel evil spirits; so throwing a pinch of salt over your left (evil) shoulder wards off bad luck. Also, the expression isn't touch wood. Merely touching wood is useless, given the superstition's origin! The expression is *knock on wood*, since making noise is the whole point! Evil spirits were apparently skittish beings, since any loud noise (or simply saying "bless you" after someone sneezes their spirit out of their body) is enough to scare them off. This is also why we make loud noise/fireworks at New Years Eve -- in the hopes of keeping evil spirits out of the new year. A lot of people display horseshoes wrong: it should be mounted with the points up. This' so that the luck doesn't pour out. (Because it resembles a cup.) I'm like Joel in regards to superstitions. When I learned the original reason people say "bless you" when someone sneezes is to prevent an evil spirit from taking resistance, I considered the whole thing so silly that I refused to say it! I was maybe...12? 13? Anyway, I still refuse to say it, even though I realize no one has any idea how the custom began, & now it's simply being polite. Because it's polite, I came up with a compromise I can live with: I mispronounce "gesunteit". It's German for "bless you." I mispronounce it, so I'm not *actually* saying "bless you", which I still think is stupid; but everyone else assumes I am. So -- win/win!

Yep, opening up an umbrella here in Brazil is also a sign of bad luck. Also, placing your purse on the floor means your finances might also go down, lol. Sometimes I'd come back home and find mum's purse hanging somewhere.

opening up and umbrella inside is bad luck in the states too :)

I have definitely said your ears are burning..I usually use it when I've just been talking about someone before they walk in a room and then ask them if their ears were burning. Opening up an umbrella is bad luck in Canada too :) you're not alone! We have touch wood too and I've touched wood on my head before too haha. I think your joke is funny Joel!

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

I have just discovered your channel ,you guys are awesome and positive ❤️

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Aw thanks so much!

In Hong Kong and presumably some other Asian countries, closing a brolly outdoors catches a ghost in the umbrella. By opening it indoors, you're releasing it. But I do it all the time to dry it.

My family never really followed any superstitions. I'd heard of a lot of them though. For example: "Step on a crack, break your mother's back" or if you have a black cat cross in front of you, it's a sign that something bad will happen. (I hate the black cat one because some people refuse to own them and shelters are full of them. :( ) There are also numbers that are seen as unlucky, like 13. Some hotels in the US will omit that number if there are more than 12 floors. It'll go from the 12th floor to the 14th floor.

Opening an umbrella is considered bad luck in the US, at least it is to me

In the States, we don't have the drain superstition (?) or the crossing on stairs superstition (?) but all the others we do have.

LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!! XOXO

I'm like Lia, not automatically knowing my left from my right. She had to hold up her hands to make sure she got it right. Lol

Favorite Joel quote ever: "I've come to terms with the fact that I'll never be Hannah Montana". OMG, I laughed so hard!!

I absolutely LOVE walking under ladders. I feel so rebellious. Its quite nice

Growing up in the Philippines, we had a belief that if you drop a fork from the dinner table, you will have a male visitor. If it's a spoon, it'll be a female visitor.

Yes, we have the salt over the shoulder, umbrella and the bird turd superstition here in Seattle, WA USA too.

“Stir with a knife, stir up strife” from my mother-in-law and she was is from England.

Most of British superstations are old wife's tales except for eating carrots is suppose to help you see in the dark, your would never see a rabbit wearing glasses

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah definitely!

@bobbatcher6021

6 жыл бұрын

That is actually mis-information spread by the British armed forces during World War II. They let it "leak" that they were giving their spotters carrots to see German planes earlier than before, but in reality it was because of the invention of radar.

Opening the umbrella in the house is totally a superstition here in the states!

I triple check that my crisps are the correct way up before I open them because my friend opened them upside down and we told her it was bad luck then like ten minutes later she fell over ahaha x

The nursery rhyme I heard in America was "See a penny Pick it up Good luck you'll have all day" .

In Asia opening umbrella indoors is badluck but like Joel I don’t believe in bad luck so I open mine to dry it anyway 😂 LY Joel! Lia always makes me laugh ILY too!

Yes, in the States we dont open umbrellas indoors either!

I am not superstitious. You guys are so funny. 🤣

Yay a new video!!! I never knew why my ears felt hot. Strangely it is mostly my left ear. I don't really believe in superstitions because it just makes you more anxious about everything and there is no such thing as bad luck or good luck it is just a series of fortunate or unfortunate events. I mean why stop doing things because of a superstition. I love your videos and carry on the amazing work.

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

yeah me neither Tabitha! J

@tabithawhite7241

6 жыл бұрын

Being British: Joel & Lia :) Have a nice day

Right after watching this I accidentally put my shirt on backward, but I was like “nope. Not wearing it like that.” Guess I’ll just have bad luck😬😂

The rabbit foot was a big deal when I was growing up. One of my teachers have us all one and I found it strange that I had to wear this around my neck. I kept telling the ties and freaked me out because I had a pet bunny. Lol Triggered, 😂😂

It sounds like the UK and the USA have the same set of superstitions. In the USA you also hear the ones about ears burning, umbrellas indoors, breaking a mirror, salt over your shoulder, walking under a ladder, horseshoes, four-leaf clovers, a rabbit's foot, and finding a penny. One small difference is that in the USA we say "knock on wood" instead of "touch wood". Other common ones in the USA are bad luck on Friday the 13th (or with the number 13 in general) and when a black cat crosses your path, although I imagine you just forgot to mention these.

I often say "knock on wood" and then wrap on my head...I got that from the Taz cartoon in the 90's though. I had no idea anyone other than I did it. Most people don't even recognize the joke, even if they know the saying

In Brazil, if you lost something and you want to find it, you can jump 3 times calling the name of São Longuinho, which is a catholic saint haha

I think it’s only bad luck to put up an umbrella and put it over your head 😂that’s what I always tell people in work and I work in a handbag shop and so many people won’t buy their own purse because it’s bad luck haha

Joel has the right idea. Superstitions are a bit ridiculous and there are just too many to follow. I didn't know about half of these. Haha

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

yep!!!

I've never heard the one about chips. Sometimes in the USA we open the bottom of the cup bag because that's where the flavor is. The umbrella not being opened indoors is huge here, but I do it anyway because I'm not superstitious. Salt goes over your left shoulder for luck. We say knock on wood & people knock their head to say it's like a hollow tree. You know like nobody's home lol! I've never heard the rest of the penny rhyme. Cool.

Once I found a 5 leaf clover in my great grandad's greenhouse!

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Whatttt????? Incredible!

@arlenemiller3553

5 жыл бұрын

I also found a 5 leaf clover a few years ago.

In Spain and sometimes in Gibraltar (where I'm from), instead of kissing someone at midnight to celebrate the New Year, we eat 12 grapes one after the other for good luck. Also here in Gib you're not supposed to cross your eyes in case a fly/angel/gust of wind passes, as you'll then apparently stay like that forever.

I'm a couple months late but I just started following your channel. In any case, although I live in the US my family is from Puerto Rico and one of their superstitions is that if someone sweeps over your feet with a broom then you will never get married. I, like Joel, have never been one to believe or follow superstitions but thought that would be a fun one to share. (I too have opened many umbrellas indoors lol)

@laurameyer6728

5 жыл бұрын

I grew up with don't let someone sweep UNDER your feet, same consequence. My mom was from Virginia.

We have a superstition where I live that if you are walking in a group and you are walking near a pole you cannot "split the pole" aka everyone has to walk by the pole on the same side or the whole group will have bad luck. It gets really annoying because there's always that one person who will circle the pole ten times and unless you want to give everyone bad luck you have to circle it as well or you will have "split the pole".

@ColonelCustard

6 жыл бұрын

Amy Richard, my dad used to say "bread and butter" to join up again.

In New Zealand it's really bad luck to open umbrellas inside, too.

We're not very superstitious but I have heard of most of those. What really impresses me is your knowledge of Hannah Montana! I'm a grown adult and I'm not ashamed to say that's my favorite show. :D Haha

Lia’s story about her dad knowing exactly who was talking about him when his ears were burning, and Joel quoting Hannah Montana bird shit facts- I love this channel 🤣

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

hahaha we're so weird!

Opening an umbrella indoors is bad luck in France too

I didn't read these two in some of the comments I read, but in America, an old superstition was - it's bad to cross paths with a black cat- especially during Halloween. The second superstition was that if you made a funny face (stuck your tongue out at someone or crossed your eyes) and did for awhile, your face would freeze and stay like that for as long as you lived.

Awwww I would definitely touch Joel and laugh out loud!

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

hahaha

The umbrella thing is a big thing in France too!

In France we have the same superstitions as yours like the umbrella, the broken mirror or if your have your ears ringing it means someone he's talking about you. Also, if you step in a dog poop with your left foot it brings luck and bad luck if it's the right. By the way, nice t-shirt Joel ;)

@loganinkosovo

6 жыл бұрын

And if you step in Human Shit you must be in Paris, Right? :D

There’s probably stuff like this in England, but I remember when my states’ baseball team was going to win the World Series and people would do the exact same things they did the last time our team won. Like my teacher said she was at a pizza place, wearing a jersey, eating her favorite pizza, and watching the game and they won. So the next time they played, she did all of that again. Pretty crazy superstition, but we did win the World Series, so maybe it worked ;)

My grandma had a paw from a hare (not a rabbit) on the door of the stable. It was supposed to keep away diseases and bad spirits from the livestock in the stable.

Lol memories the only one that I still say is when my nose itches I say I’m either going to kiss a fool or get into a fight xxx Hey Joel RELEASE 😅

The "pick a penny up" superstition can also go that it's only good luck if it's heads up, if it's tails, you can pick it up but you have to toss it over your shoulder and if it lands on heads, you can pick it up and it will be good luck, if it lands on tails again, you have to ignore it and walk away or else it will become bad luck.

I agree with Hayley, I think a lot of these were started for practical reasons.

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

yeah true

I’m in America and I have definitely heard of opening an umbrella indoors being bad luck! So is crossing paths with a black cat and walking under a ladder. And we actually say, “knock on wood” instead of “touch wood.”We’re also told to avoid stepping on cracks in the sidewalk or we’ll break our mother’s back. Lol a bit extreme if you ask me! 😂

A lot of these are a thing in the US too. Throwing salt over your left shoulder means you're throwing salt in the devil's eye to get rid of him and his bad luck, I guess. Growing up, my mom was one of 6 children in rural Kentucky. They all slept in one big bedroom, so it must have gotten rowdy at bedtime. Their father had a rule that there was no singing once you got into bed, or you had to get back out of bed and turn around 3 times. Another rule was that you couldn't sing at the dinner table. Same rule. They did have some that weren't invented by the parents though. If you dropped a fork or knife on the floor, someone was coming for supper. I'm sure there were a ton.

My generation at school, everybody seemed to want to point out, that the foot wasn't very lucky for the rabbit, and he had four of them, before he died. I imagine it originated with people who counted it lucky that they had managed to catch a rabbit so they could eat that day.

Some of us do the sign of the cross when a funeral procession passes

Back in school days, we would say step on a crack your mom will break her back lol so silly... With the penny one, Lia was saying we had that one but you could only pick the pennies up that was on the head side up. If you picked up a penny off the ground tail side up you were in for really bad luck. If you ever want some fun April fools jokes I know tons of those lol

We used to get brightly dyed rabbit feet on key chains as children, they always freaked me out because I KNEW that there were 3 legged rabbits hopping all over the countryside.

When I was in school in London I heard about the walking over 3 drain covers being bad luck, you could undo it by walking over a set of 2 drain covers! I've just remembered my son broke a mirror when he was 7, now he's 14 I'll let him know he can start having good luck again lol. Anyway, I'm British but I love your videos, they always make me laugh.

In America we have the ears burning thing, but haven't heard the sides of ears thing. Bird poo is sometimes the opposite meaning here...seems to be a newer trend though. We have the umbrella thing, the salt over the shoulder,the ladder one, and the penny on the floor. We say Knock on Wood instead of touch. We don't have the drains thing or crossing on stairs (our stairs are wider though). "Step on a crack, break your mother's back" is a phrase associated with the bad luck of stepping on a crack. We also have when a broom seemingly falls on it's own, company is coming. Or a screeching owl in the window is a warning of a death of a close friend or family member. This one varies slightly and is from various Native American tribes. As are some others associated with bird behaviors, etc. Another in the US is if a black cat crosses your path, particularly at night it's bad luck. Muphy's Law is big here. Here we have cattle guards where some country roads meet others. They are rails you drive over. When we drive over we tap the ceiling of the car for good luck. Some kiss their fingers first, the tap the ceiling.

I’ve heard of the upside down crisp packet thing. Also the umbrella thing is only if u put it over ur head

@ThoseTwoBrits1

6 жыл бұрын

Ah I see!

I am very superstitious. In America, it is bad luck to open an umbrella in doors, throw salt over your left shoulder if you spill the salt, we knock on wood so you don’t jinx yourself, breaking a mirror is 7 years bad luck. It’s so interesting to see a lot of the same superstitions in the UK and the USA. Thank you for sharing. This video was hilarious and very interesting.

I live in new mexico in the u.s. and yes its bad luck to open an umbrella inside. And honestly pretty much everythiny you guys said I learned when I was little from my family.

My British grandmother always said if you cross your knives on a plate your meal will end in an argument. I always figured the argument would be over how stupid superstitions are.