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Wednesday 31 August 2022 20:52:03 GMT
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saltwavesspanishmoss
Enocha Edenfield :
We had to hold our breath when going through the tunnel in Mobile, AL.
2022-08-31 20:59:08
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the.tameless.shrew
Kate Masson :
I still knock on wood. Lol.
2022-09-01 00:29:06
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tx_pets
tx_pets :
I remember being told to hold your breath or you’d be the next person to die.
2022-08-31 20:56:13
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maureeniebee
Maureeniebee :
I’d pick my feet up when we drove over railroad tracks but i dont know why
2022-08-31 22:13:26
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maureeniebee
Maureeniebee :
We did this too, my parents said hold your breath so you don’t “end up in there”
2022-08-31 22:12:48
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mirrorspirit
Claire Lawson :
lifting your feet as you go over a covered bridge, especially if it's wooden
2022-08-31 21:10:11
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b_tikytoky13
B_tikytoky 🇦🇺🙃 :
picking feet up over train tracks
2022-09-01 10:41:20
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deathtoklore
lore.wassail :
Picking up feet to go over state lines, holding breath through a tunnel for a wish.
2022-09-01 02:06:55
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abcrozzz.art
🌙Lex✨ :
You can’t wear opal unless it’s your birthstone; it’s bad luck. I didn’t wanna believe it but my mom did it once & the opal broke😭
2022-09-01 23:57:41
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lisamccurry163
lisamccurry163 :
I did it in California. I had forgotten til you said it though
2022-09-01 04:03:50
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dancergidget
Gidget Ferrin :
I have heard this before
2022-09-01 04:12:55
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jay.kwellen
Jay.Kwellen :
I was told this too. Kansas here!!
2022-08-31 22:04:54
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suburbanlesbian
suburbanlesbian :
I learned that also growing up in Alexandria, VA. We also held our breath through tunnels, not sure why, but I passed it down to the next generation!
2022-09-05 02:27:23
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maddiecak3
MaddieCak3 :
Any time we drove over a cattle grate, we had to beep the horn so that the trolls hanging from it would know to let go. lol Still do this.
2022-09-06 01:54:06
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baby.drizzy
DestineeH📸 :
Oh wow I use to do this. I didn’t know why lol? I stopped but remember doing this as a kid lol
2022-09-20 16:40:17
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ea_floats_about
ea_floats_about :
I mean this is just me but parents told me that alcohol is poison to kids, so logically I assumed that if I sit next to my mom or dad when they're-
2022-09-01 14:48:31
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berdugo_viancha
Lukas Steenbjerg :
it's because people were afraid the dead would be jealous of you breathing and then come after you
2022-09-01 13:47:20
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foreverlostinabook
foreverlostinabook 🇦🇺 :
Not just an American thing! My primary school bff did this (Brisbane, Aus.)
2022-09-01 11:07:17
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forestdragon95
gabbie ingram :
i grew up in kansas and always heard the same thing!
2022-08-31 20:56:05
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leona_jenkins1995
leonajenkins1995 :
Googled; Some people believe it's to avoid making the ghosts jealous. Or avoid breathing in any spirits.
2022-09-01 08:40:14
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leona_jenkins1995
leonajenkins1995 :
I was raised a Catholic and my mum always blessed herself passing a graveyard or a church
2022-09-01 08:37:27
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zopidesigns
Zo Pi Designs :
Born & raised in New England and definitely a thing here too!
2022-09-01 08:34:00
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kacey_dilla
Kacey_dilla :
I live in CA and we do it here, too. I always took it as not wanting to breathe in the bad/death energy? never actually told that though
2022-09-01 06:55:41
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pa.ola.ep
Paola Escandón 🇲🇽 :
Not a superstition but since like 4 years old I believed that giants controlled the earth, like they just floated in space outside of earth and +
2022-09-01 04:53:24
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thehedgewitch93
Audrey McDaniel :
We always held our breath going over a bridge. It was either so we didn't die or else to make a wish? I don't remember😂
2022-09-01 04:42:15
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