SUPERSTITIONS

The Marriage Riddle: Married in white, you have chosen all right.
Married in red, you’d best be dead.
Married in yellow, ashamed of the fellow.
Married in blue, your lover is true.
Married in green, ashamed to be seen.
Married in black, you’ll ride in a hack.
Married in pearl, you’ll live in a whirl.
Married in pink, your spirits will sink.
Married in brown, you’ll live out of town.

No woman should marry a boy with the same initials as hers. Bad luck will follow for the rest of her life if she does.

The Sneeze Riddle: Sneeze on Monday, sneeze for danger.
Sneeze on Tuesday, kiss a stranger.
Sneeze on Wednesday, sneeze for a letter.
Sneeze on Thursday, something better.
Sneeze on Friday, sneeze for sorrow.
Sneeze on Saturday, see your lover tomorrow.
Sneeze on Sunday, your safety you must seek, or the Devil will have you
for the rest of the week.

What day of the week were you born on? I was born on a Sunday in 1959. My sister always told me I was born on “God’s day off”!

The Weekly Riddle: Monday’s child is fair of face.
Tuesday’s child is full of grace.
Wednesday’s child is full of woe.
Thursday’s child has far to go.
Friday’s child is loving and giving.
Saturday’s child works hard for a living.
And the child born on the Sabbath is fair and wise and good and gay (happy).

Number Superstitions:

If you have seven letters in your first or last name, that’s good luck. If you have thirteen letters in either your first or last name or first and last name combined – that’s bad luck.

Thirteen is unlucky because ancient people counted ten fingers and two hands, as well as ten toes and two feet for a total of 12 each time, hence 13 represented deformity and bad luck.

There are seven days in the week and twelve months in a year, both numbers are considered lucky and magical

If thirteen people are seated in a row or at a table, they all must hold hands and rise as one to create a fourteenth “person”. If they don’t, then all thirteen will die sometime during the next twelve months.

Legend has it that the fall of the Tower of Babel, the temptation of Adam and Eve with the apple, the great flood of Noah fame, the destruction of the Jewish Temple and the crucifixion of Christ all took place on Friday the 13th. It’s difficult to know if those events did take place on a Friday the Thirteenth, but it is a fact that Abraham Lincoln was shot in the back of the head at Ford’s theater on Friday April 13, 1865. He died of his wound the following morning.

Friday got the reputation for being “unlucky” because during the Middle Ages Friday was the day that public executions took place.

ZODIAC FALDEROL

The best Halloween costume for you based on your Zodiac sign:

Aries – 80’s aerobics instructor
Taurus – Hippie
Gemini – Devil
Cancer – Mermaid
Leo – Circus Ringmaster
Virgo – Nerd
Libra – Greek God
Scorpio – Vampire
Sagittarius – Pirate
Capricorn – Dinosaur
Aquarius – Ghost
Pisces – Witch

More costume ideas based on your Zodiac sign:

Aries – Scary monster
Taurus – Royalty
Gemini – Work of art
Cancer – TV character
Leo – Famous icon
Virgo – Character from a book
Libra – Fashion icon
Scorpio – Witch
Sagittarius – Famous archeologist
Capricorn – Classic monster
Aquarius – Alien
Pisces – Mermaid

The scary movie that embodies your Zodiac sign:

Aries – Suspiria
Taurus – Midsommer
Gemini – Scream
Cancer – Dracula
Leo – Stephen King’s It
Virgo – The Shining
Libra – Get Out
Scorpio – Halloween (the original)
Sagittarius – The Devil’s Rejects
Capricorn – The Witch
Aquarius – 28 Days Later
Pisces – Nightmare on Elm Street

The scary movie you should watch on Halloween according to your Zodiac sign:

Aries – The Descent
Taurus – The Cabin In The Woods
Gemini – The Sixth Sense
Cancer – Carrie
Leo – Scream
Virgo – I Know What You Did Last Summer
Libra – Halloween
Scorpio – Get Out
Sagittarius – The Evil Dead
Capricorn – The Shining
Aquarius – The Ring
Pisces – Midsommer

The Halloween candy for you based on your Zodiac sign:

Aries – Snickers
Taurus – Butterfinger
Gemini – Twix
Cancer – One Hundred Grand Bar
Leo – Candy Apple
Virgo – Kit Kat
Libra – Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
Scorpio – Candy Corn
Sagittarius – Mr. Goodbar
Capricorn – Toothbrush (apparently Capricorns are Halloween party poopers)
Aquarius – M & M’s
Pisces – Nestle Crunch

The vast majority of serial killers in this country are born under one of four Zodiac signs – Gemini, Pisces, Sagittarius and Virgo. What sign are you?

THE MOST POPULAR HALLOWEEN CANDY BY STATE
CandyStore has a state-by-state breakdown of top-purchased candies from its platform. Have a look at the chocolates, sweets and confections you can plan to pilfer from your little ones after they fall asleep on Oct. 31:
Alabama Skittles
Alaska Sour Patch Kids
Arizona Hershey Kisses
Arkansas Butterfinger
California Reese’s Cups
Colorado Hershey Kisses
Connecticut Almond Joy
Delaware Sour Patch Kids
Florida Reese’s Cups
Georgia Swedish Fish
Hawaii Hershey’s Mini Bars
Idaho Snickers
Illinois Sour Patch Kids
Indiana Starburst
Iowa M&M’s
Kansas M&M’s
Kentucky Reese’s Cups
Louisiana Lemonheads
Maine Sour Patch Kids
Maryland Hershey Kisses
Massachusetts Sour Patch Kids
Michigan Starburst
Minnesota Hot Tamales
Mississippi 3 Musketeers
Missouri Milky Way
Montana Twix
Nebraska Sour Patch Kids
Nevada Hot Tamales
New Hampshire M&M’s
New Jersey Tootsie Pops
New Mexico Hershey’s Mini Bars
New York Sour Patch Kids
North Carolina Reese’s Cups
North Dakota Hot Tamales
Ohio M&M’s
Oklahoma Skittles
Oregon M&M’s
Pennsylvania Hershey’s Mini Bars
Rhode Island Twix
South Carolina Butterfinger
South Dakota Jolly Ranchers
Tennessee Tootsie Pops
Texas Starburst
Utah Tootsie Pops
Vermont M&M’s
Virginia Hot Tamales
Washington, DC M&M’s
Washington Tootsie Pops
West Virginia Blow Pops
Wisconsin Butterfinger
Wyoming Reese’s Cups

HALLOWEEN FOOLISHNESS: DAD JOKES

1. When my Uncle Frank died, he wanted to be buried in a German beer mug called a “stein”. That’s because he wanted to be Frank-in-stein after his death.
2. Why don’t skeletons go trick or treating? Because they have “no body” to go with.
3. What dog breed is Dracula’s favorite? A “blood hound”.
4. Why do vampires seem sick? They always have a coffin.
5. What sound does a witch’s car make? “Broom, broom, broom”.
6. Why are ghosts such bad liars? Because you can see right through them.
7. What kind of pants do ghosts wear? “Boo” jeans
8. What kind of ship is a vampire’s favorite? A “blood vessel”.
9. What kind of eggs did the chicken lay for Halloween? Deviled eggs.
10. What’s a vampire’s favorite sport? Baseball – after all they turn into bats at night.
11. What kind of monster is the best dancer? The Boogie Man
12. Why do demons and ghouls hang out together? Because demons are a ghoul’s best friend.
13. Knock Knock (Who’s there?) Boo (Boo Who?) Don’t cry, I didn’t mean to scare you!

If vampires can’t see their reflections in a mirror, why is Dracula’s hair always so neatly combed.

From ghoulies and ghosties and long leggety beasties and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord deliver us. (Taken from a Cornish prayer).

I hope you have a safe and happy Halloween!