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Russian And Chinese Superstitions: The Dialog Of Two Linguistic Cultures

Table 1: The most popular Russian superstitions

Superstition Frequency of occurrence (in the responses of 50 respondents) % of the total number of participants
1  If black cat crosses your road – bad luck. 40 80
2 If you drop salt you will have a quarrel in a house. 22 44
3 An unmarried girl should not sit at the corner of a table – she will not marry. 15 30
4 You need to sit down for a minute before a long journey if you want to have a safe trip 14 28
5 Do not whistle in the house – there will be no money. 11 22
6 To meet a woman with an empty bucket – bad luck. 11 22
7 If you have left something at home and you need to come back to take it, look at yourself in the mirror as a trick to deceive an evil sign. 11 22
8 Breaking a mirror brings troubles. 10 20
9 Do not kill a spider – misfortune will happen. 10 20
10 Do not eat from a knife – you will get angry 10 20
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