{"id":1840,"date":"2012-01-12T21:09:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T21:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2014-07-18T15:33:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T15:33:50","slug":"dutch-superstitions-true-or-untrue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/dutch-superstitions-true-or-untrue\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Superstitions: True or Untrue?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow is the big 13, as in Friday the 13th that is. \u00a0For many people this date alone fills them with dread and the worry that everything that could go wrong will. But are the Dutch\u00a0superstitious? \u00a0This was a question I was thinking about this morning and to be honest, I could not think of a single instance where I have heard of a Dutch person worried about Friday the 13th.<\/p>\n<p>So I headed to Google to see if I could find any answers on the question. \u00a0While I did find quite a few lists of supposed Dutch\u00a0superstitions, including the general &#8220;don&#8217;t walk under a ladder,&#8221; there were many, many more that I had never heard of. \u00a0So, I tried some of them out on my resident Dutchie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me:<\/strong> &#8220;Should I sing at the dinner table?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Him:<\/strong> &#8220;Well you can but I don&#8217;t think it will improve your singing any.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me:<\/strong> &#8220;No, but would you think I was then singing to the devil for my supper?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Him:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;Umm, no.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me:<\/strong> &#8220;Okay, well what about New Years? \u00a0Is what we are doing on New Years going to be what we do all year?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Him:<\/strong> &#8220;Where are you getting these from.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, Transparent Language Dutch readers,, put me out of my misery and tell me what Dutch superstitions you have heard of or believe in. \u00a0I&#8217;m keen to find out. \u00a0Or, if you are feeling a bit uninspired, here are some of the ones I found when looking around. \u00a0Have you heard of them before in relation to the Netherlands?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">True or Untrue? Some superstitions on the internet that are supposedly valid in the Netherlands:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u201cKnock knock \u2014 come in? Nope! If someone\u2019s at your door, always open it for the guest. Why? Because according to Dutch superstitions, if the door blows open instead, you are inviting the devil inside your home!&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Speaking of the devil, if you spill salt, not only should you make sure to throw it over your shoulder, but also that it is your LEFT \u2014 we want to throw it over the devil\u2019s face!&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;New Years is coming and we all want a strike of good luck, right? Then make sure a dark-haired male is the first person to walk through your front door right after midnight.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Dutch superstitions say that whatever you do on New Year\u2019s Day is what you will be doing rest of the year.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;While Arabs usually utilize the hamza to guard off evil though, according to Dutch superstitions the same \u201cprotective\u201d effect is achieved with black paint.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/01\/826615_lucky_number.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>Tomorrow is the big 13, as in Friday the 13th that is. \u00a0For many people this date alone fills them with dread and the worry that everything that could go wrong will. 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