Scares and Superstitions

There's a lot of things to be afraid of around halloween. Here are a few of them:

• Samhainophobia - Fear of Halloween
• Coimetrophobia - Fear of cemeteries
• Triskadekaphobia - Fear of the number 13
• Herpetophobia - Fear of creepy, crawly things
• Necrophobia - Fear of death and dead things
• Wiccaphobia - Fear of witches and witchcraft
• Automatonophobia - Fear of ventriloquist dummies
• Selenophobia - Fear of the moon
• Lygophobia - Fear of being in a dark, gloomy place
• Satanophobia - Fear of bunnies Satan
• Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - Fear of the number 666
• Necrophobia - Fear of corpses
• Noctiphobia - Fear of night
• Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanutbutter sticking to the roof of your mouth
• Spectrophobia - Spectors or ghosts
• Ephebiphobia - Fear of teenagers
• Hadephobia - Fear of hell
• Panophobia - Fear of everything

But what about those crazy superstitions that people have?

• Never take a broom with you when you move. Buy a new one.
• If your ear is burning someone is talking about you. Left for love, right for spite.
• Knock on wood 3 times after mentioning good luck, otherwise it will reverse itself and become bad.
• Breaking a mirror = 7 years bad luck.
• When eating a fish, start at the tail and work towards the head.
• If you spill salt, throw some over your left shoulder to ward off evil.
• Don't open an umbrella inside the house.
• If someone sneezes, say "Bless you" to ward off the plague.
• If a black cat crosses your path it's bad luck.
• If a black cat crosses your path it's good luck.
• If two black cats cross your path you're at Chris' house.