Episode 6: Japanese Superstitions 1




Uncanny Japan - Folklore and Culture show

Summary: In May’s Uncanny Japan you get three Japanese superstitions and why: 1)Please don’t cut your nails at night. 2)Please don’t whistle at night. 3) Please do kill spiders at night…or don’t, actually you might not want to. There’s a good argument why you should let those night spiders live.   Above is an Edo Era woman cutting her nails with some ginormous nail clippers. —– Notes: The intro/outro music of Uncanny Japan is a song by Christiaan Virant (“Yi Gui” from Ting... Read More Read More