(1ºNI) Module 6. Lesson 7

1º Nivel Intermedio. Module 6

Lesson 7: Superstitions

Read about superstitions in Britain and then do the quiz. I have included some of them here:

SUPERSTITIONS IN BRITAIN

Good Luck

Lucky to meet a black cat. Black Cats are featured on many good luck greetings cards and birthday cards in England.
Lucky to touch wood.
Lucky to find a clover plant with four leaves. (un trébol de cuatro hojas)
A horseshoe over the door brings good luck. But the horse shoe needs to be the right way up. The luck runs out of the horse shoe if it is upside down.
On the first day of the month it is lucky to say "white rabbits, white rabbits white rabbits," before uttering your first word of the day.
Catch falling leaves in Autumn and you'll have good luck. Every leaf means a lucky month next year.

Bad Luck

Unlucky to walk underneath a ladder.
Seven years bad luck to break a mirror.
Unlucky to see one magpie, lucky to see two, etc..
Unlucky to spill salt. If you do, you must throw it over your shoulder to counteract the bad luck.
Unlucky to open an umbrella indoors.
The number thirteen is unlucky. Friday the thirteenth is a very unlucky day. Friday is considered to be an unlucky day because Jesus was crucified on a Friday.
Unlucky to put new shoes on the table.
Unlucky to pass someone on the stairs.

*** SONGS



Very superstitious, writings on the wall,
Very superstitious, ladders bout to fall,
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past.

When you believe in things that you dont understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition aint the way

Very superstitious, wash your face and hands,
Rid me of the problem, do all that you can,
Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin strong,
You dont wanna save me, sad is my song.

When you believe in things that you dont understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition aint the way, yeh, yeh.

Very superstitious, nothin more to say,
Very superstitious, the devils on his way,
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin glass,
Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past

When you believe in things that you dont understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition aint the way, no, no, no




LETRA DE LA CANCION RAKES - LITTLE SUPERSTITIONS (TEN NEW MESSAGES)

Don't talk rubbish to me
i use reason on my brain
it's those little superstitions
that get me through the stress and strain

i have made my contributions
and now and then i find
on the subject of my love life
i've been left behind

let's make the most of it
the time we've got together
quit all the secrets that are
choking up your heart
and tearing all the light from the stars

let's make the most of it
the time we've got together
quit all the secrets that are
choking up your heart
and tearing all the light from the stars

i'm made some calculations
but will not put them to the test
it's those little superstitions
that cannot be laid to rest

our bodies are reacting
we're heated dangerously
leaving traces on each other
that the naked eye can't see

let's make the most of it
the time we've got together
quit all the secrets that are
choking up your heart
and tearing all the light from the stars

let's make the most of it
the time we've got together
quit all the secrets that are
choking up your heart
and tearing all the light from the stars

yeah, i say forever
and you just say whatever
but if you feel how i feel
then we'd stay together

yeah, i say forever
and you just say whatever
but if you feel how i feel
then we'd stay together

let's make the most of it
the time we've got together
quit all the secrets that are
choking up your heart
and tearing all the light from the stars

let's make the most of it
the time we've got together
quit all the secrets that are
choking up your heart
and tearing all the light from the stars

let's make the most of it
the time we've got together
quit all the secrets that are
choking up your heart
and tearing all the light from the stars

yeah, i say forever
and you just say whatever
but if you feel how i feel
then we'd stay together

yeah, i say forever
and you just say whatever
but if you feel how i feel
then we'd stay together