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Hope you didn’t use your scissors this past New Year as you might have “cut off” your fortune or wealth for the year.
Decrease the likelihood that your house will be struck by lightning in a storm by putting your scissors away.
Placing a pair of scissors under your pillow may help a variety of pains. It is said that a woman in labor can “cut her pain in half” by doing so. Likewise it would halve the discomfort of any others in bed ridden pain. Some believe that putting an open pair of scissors is a way to sleep better even if you are cursed.
Dropping a pair of scissors is said to warn that a lover is being unfaithful.
Breaking one blade is an omen of quarrel, while breaking both blades is a sign of an impending disaster.
Do not give scissors as a gift or the friendship will be “cut in half”. To subdue this superstition a little money should be exchanged for the scissors as buying them doesn’t count.
Ward off evil and witches with a pair of scissors nailed above a door in the ‘open’ position, so they somewhat resemble a cross.
The cross-bladed scissors origins point to Rome but have a widespread place in international cultural superstitions as well which can be specific to a region.
- To curse a bridegroom in North Africa wait until he is on horseback, then hold an open pair of scissors while calling his name. If he answers you, snap the scissors closed and he will not be able to consummate the marriage.
- It is bad luck to idly open and close scissors without a purpose in Pakistan.
- It is held in some Eastern Europe countries that leaving scissors open causes disagreements and discord within a household.
