SUPERSTITIONS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO:

Do not pass a knife or pepper to anyone- it will cause you to have an argument with them.

If you come home after midnight, walk into the front door backwards, or jhumbies will follow you into the house.

Do not open an umbrella indoors - a jhumbie will stand under it with you.

Do not pick up money you find in the road - it could have evil spirits or worries on it.

Never say a child is heavy - only dead people are heavy.

Never say last, or it will be your last (eg:  last walk, last drink)

If a dog barks incessantly and there is nothing there, the dog is seeing a spirit.

If you want to see a spirit, put wax from a dog's eye into yours.

Don't pick fruits after 6p.m., the tree is sleeping.

If you see a brown spider in your house, you will get money.

If you see a brown grasshopper in your house you will get money.

If you see a green grasshopper in your house, you will lose money.

If the palm of your left hand scratches you, you will get money.

If the palm of your right hand scratches you, you will lose money.

If your right eye jumps, you will see someone you have not seen in a long time.

If you bite your tongue, someone is speaking about you.

If you eat cheese late at night, you will have bad dreams.

If you play with your shadow, you will have bad dreams.

If someone close to you dies, cover all the mirrors in your house with black cloth until after you are buried, otherwise you will see them in it.

A butterfly in the house means good luck.

If a pigeon drops on you, you will get good luck.

If you see a black bird outside of your window in the morning, someone you know will die

Place a corn and a hops bread (roll) near money and you will get prosperity

Put a donkey-eye in your wallet and you will get prosperity

Do not cluck your tongue or you will call a snake


BACK TO MAIN PAGE