Salt Over Your Shoulder

It's Fall Y'all!!! Finally!  It's time for pumpkins and mulled wine, hayrides and sweater weather.  Never mind the fact that it's still 90 degrees in Texas; Erin is ready to watch Hocus Pocus! This week is all autumn, fall superstitions, harvests and the pull of the moon. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

What could be more appropriate for a group of Harry Potter fans than to focus an entire episode on Owls? Amanda hosts this week and slightly grosses out the girls with a few weird Owl superstitions. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

You're driving me crazy!!!!   This week Tammy talks all things driving, cars, bad luck, good luck and why you should properly keep your hands and 10 and 2. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

Struggling to buy or sell a house?  This is the episode for you!  We have all the superstitions, tips and tricks you need to buy, sell or move into a home! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

Ladybugs, or "The Lady's Bugs" are great luck, but do you know why? This episode has religious ties, especially to Catholicism,  and Amanda recounts her near death experience in Big Bend National Park. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

Want to know where Scarecrows come from?  Or why you should burn yours? Join Tammy as she talks us through which plants are good, which plants are bad and why you should be threatening your fruit trees! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

"All the world's a stage, and the men and women merely players..."  Like our pal Billy Shakespeare said, Theatre is pretty cool.  Erin gets to the bottom of well known superstitions about working in and enjoying the theatre like "Break a leg," and the ghost light and finishes off with a little ghost story from New York. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

When you wish upon a...well? Wishing wells date back all the way to the early Roman empire.  Amanda hosts this episode and takes us on a history lesson about the origin of the wishing well, and also shares with us that she has a bizarre phobia of tiny holes. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

Feeling hungry?  Grab those chopsticks and keep them side by side as you listen to Tammy tell you why they can be good luck, bad luck or predictive of future happiness. Up the ante by eating stir-fry (Erin's favorite) while you listen to the episode. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

If you can overlook the bad Gone with the Wind Reference, this week Erin talks international pregnancy superstitions, how to know if you're having a boy or a girl and Chinese Gender Prediction Calendars. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

Opals are not the new diamonds - not according to Amanda anyway!  The beautiful kaleidoscopic gemstone has a long history that ends in a possible curse. Also, special shout out to our friends over at And That's Why We Drink podcast for reminding us how hilarious Em was when she didn't know what Consumption was. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

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! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

Cheers!  Did you know it's good luck to toast your glass, but not if you have water in it?  Find out why! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

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! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support

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! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/salt-over-your-shoulder/support