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Fascinating, the very first superstition is very close to one Kazakh superstition that stepping over child prevents his/her growth.
by rusabd 10y ago
Fascinating, the very first superstition is very close to one Kazakh superstition that stepping over child prevents his/her growth.
- xupybd 10y agoIf you are as uncoordinated as I am, that may be correct ( I'm assuming that an adult falling on a child could do enough damage to stunt growth ).
- nashashmi 10y agoIt is not just Kazakh, but also South Asia. It is superstitions like this that leads me to think somebody must have made up a reason to little kids how they should not cross over a child as a matter of manners, but wrapped it in a story that led into adulthood.
- sanoli 10y agoWhen I was a child in the 80's in Brazil this was still widespread. I remember walking over a relatively short friend of mine (we were both around 8 years old) and his grandmother physically made me step back over him to undo it, so it wouldn't prevent him from growing.
- andremendes 10y agoThere were also a belief that if someone sweep your feet with a broom this would prevent you from getting married.