{"id":133064,"date":"2016-09-13T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/133064\/it-is-defy-superstition-day-today\/"},"modified":"2016-09-14T08:44:11","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T06:44:11","slug":"it-is-defy-superstition-day-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/09\/13\/it-is-defy-superstition-day-today\/","title":{"rendered":"It is Defy Superstition Day today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of superstitions in the world.<\/p>\n<p>From worrying about black cats to not breaking a mirror, the list goes on.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Today is Defy Superstition Day, a chance to finally prove that all these superstitions have no influence on your life.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great opportunity to face your fears and put the superstitions to test.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Challenge yourself or even your friends to see how many of the superstitions you know you can break today.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate it as you wish, put up an umbrella while indoors and if you spill salt don\u2019t throw some over your shoulder all in the spirit of Defy Superstition Day.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few superstitions that are up for defiance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s bad luck if a black cat crosses your path.<\/li>\n<li>Catch falling leaves for good luck.<\/li>\n<li>Superstitions about a broom: Do not lean a broom against a bed, or an evil spirit will cast a spell on the bed. If you sweep rubbish out of a door when it\u2019s dark, a stranger will visit. If someone sweeps over your feet you will never get married. Never take an old broom to a new house.<\/li>\n<li>If you blow out all of the candles on your birthday cake with the first breath you will get whatever you wish for.<\/li>\n<li>An eclipse of the sun is an omen of evil.<\/li>\n<li>Any Friday that falls on the 13th of any month is a day of bad luck.<\/li>\n<li>The full moon causes mental disturbance and criminal tendencies.<\/li>\n<li>Breaking a mirror brings bad luck for seven years.<\/li>\n<li>Cross your fingers when making a wish, cross your fingers for good luck and cross your fingers when telling a lie.<\/li>\n<li>A horseshoe hung over a door brings good luck.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You might be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/14141-13-common-silly-superstitions.html\">Live Science<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='5b91e631bb2dda1f297687f696626ac0'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many superstitions can you defy today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":133068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[12309,12301,12302,12303,12304,1325,4310,12308,12300,12307,979,969,12306,1277,6782,2749,12298,12299,12305],"class_list":["post-133064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-beliefs","tag-black-cat","tag-black-cats","tag-broom","tag-brooms","tag-cat","tag-cats","tag-cross-fingers","tag-defy-superstition-day","tag-fingers","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-horseshoe","tag-local-news-2","tag-local-stories","tag-puleng-sekabate","tag-superstition","tag-superstitions","tag-sweep"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["beliefs","black cat","black cats","broom","brooms","cat","cats","cross fingers","Defy Superstition Day","fingers","germiston","germiston city news","horseshoe","local news","Local stories","Puleng Sekabate","superstition","superstitions","sweep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}