I was reading the Mythbusters forum the other day and saw a post about "Fan Death" In South Korea there is a belief that sleeping with a fan blowing towards you can result in your death (look up the Wikipedia article for some more details). It seems that if someone dies with a fan on in the room then the press report it as a "Fan Death". Japan used to have a six day calendar. Every day has luck or fortune associated with it. One day is unlucky all day and one day is lucky all day. Guess which day you should avoid doing anything important on? These are known as ROKUYO. The western societies have Friday the 13th. Fortunately this day doesn't come around very often but when it does we have to be careful! There are no shortage of superstitions in all cultures so no one need feel left out! Look at all the movies and TV shows about vampires, witches, demons, wizards and other supernatural phenomena.
Random thoughts and idle musings