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Dreadful Nonsense

"I've read your blog. it's really funny. you should write a column." - Jon Ronson

friday five

1. Are you superstitious?
Actually, I really am, although I don't like to admit it. But it's all phobia related. Although having just said that, all superstitions are, aren't they? No one thinks that if they don't perform one ritual or another, they'll end up with more ice cream than they can handle. Unless they're really frightened of ice cream.

2. What extremes have you heard of someone going to in the name of superstition?
When my friend was pregnant, we performed every ritual we could find to ensure that the baby was a girl. The baby turned out to be a girl. They weren't extremes as such, we didn't slaughter any animals and bathe in their blood - I repeat, we didn't. Ireland is a fairly superstitious country, so many things don't seem extreme to me that would probably seem extreme to other people.

3. Believer or not, what's your favorite superstition?
Organised religion.

4. Do you believe in luck? If yes, do you have a lucky number/article of clothing/ritual?
Goodness me, yes I do. If I'm flying, everything I wear has to be a gift that I received from someone else, and that gift had to have flown on a plane before - i.e. it must all be gifts bought abroad. I also have celtic charmed stones that have protection prayers on them, and a solid silver necklace in the shape of the Native American god of travellors. And my Mon-Chi-Chi teddy bear.

5. Do you believe in astrology? Why or why not?
No, I don't, because my profile as a scorpion is so unlike my own personality that it's almost completely the opposite of me. My friend, however, is totally obsessed with astrology, to the point that I can't tell her a story about anyone without first having to preface it with their birth date.

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