Salt Over Your Shoulder

Just in time for Easter!  (Happy Easter by the way).  Tammy takes us down the dark history of the rabbit's foot, the luck associated with it, and Erin throws in a Teddy Roosevelt story.  Just because.

Erin gets to talk about Outlander!  While binge watching her favorite show, Erin stumbled across all kinds of superstition related to travel over the water, sailing and ships!

Following the old celtic tradition of keeping bees informed of life changes - Amanda leads this episode and informs the girls on all things bee related superstition.

Bread and Butter!  Bread and Butter! Have you ever seen people chasing each other around a pole shouting this?  Erin and Amanda hadn't either.  Tammy hosts this week and dives down the path behind the superstition of why it's a bad idea to let a pole split between two people while walking.  Be on the lookout for plenty of gluten related jokes.

Hit the high fashion houses, and load up on your protective talismans.  This week we're talking about the Evil Eye and how you can protect yourself from its malevolent glare.

Feeling Salty? It's our one year anniversary of this podcast!   Thanks for a great year of support and creepy superstitions.  Here's a quick update of what's to come.

Cheers!  Did you know it's good luck to toast your glass, but not if you have water in it?  Find out why!

Calling all brides and brides to be!  This episode is FULL of wedding superstitions.  We cover everything from the "Something Borrowed, Something Blue," poem to more obscure theories about mirrors, food and changelings! If you're already married - not to worry.  Listen and find out what you did right!

Calling all Cornish schoolgirls!   The history of blowing away an eyelash and bringing about great fortune can be traced back to schoolyard games in Cornwall.  Be sure you aren't actually pulling out those eyelashes though - that's just bad luck!

In the most disgusting (in Erin and Tammy's opinion) topic to date, Amanda hosts this short episode and gives us a brief background into why this can actually be a good thing.  A serious case of the giggles hits the girls and Tammy finally understands Erin's pain in editing.

Have you ever heard the expression "Make it Rain?"  Did you know that it originated from the idea that opening an umbrella indoors could make bad luck rain upon you?

Looking for a message from the great beyond?  This is the episode for you!

Happy Thanksgiving to all, and to all a goodnight.

Just in time for Thanksgiving!  Learn about the early superstitions of "Merrythoughts" and good fortune associated with bird divination and lucky bones. Happy Thanksgiving!  We are thankful for YOU!

1 for Sorrow 2 for Joy 3 for a Girl 4 for a Boy Tammy leads this episode as the girls dive into the poem about counting crows (or magpies, and no, Erin, they aren't the same animal), debate the kindness of a cat's appearance and encourage Amanda to start planning a musical for the podcast's one year anniversary in February.