Most Common Superstitions And Their Origins
Saturday, Aug 15, 2020, 8:59 am
#3 Spilling Salt
In the past salt was very expensive so in order to get people not to spill it and waste it, a rumor was started that it was bad luck. People needed a way to get rid of the bad luck, so the superstition started that you should throw salt over your left shoulder because that was the side the devil was on.
