Hold your breath!

There are many reasons one should hold his/her breath. The first, and in my opinion most common, superstitious reason is to hold your breath when driving through a tunnel. If you hold your breath the whole time and make it wish, it will come true. This task can be quite dangerous, depending on how long the tunnel is and how fast the driver drives. I’ve been in some situations where my face begins to turn blue, my palms begin to sweat, and my breath is about to run out. I may be exaggerating a bit, but I’ve pushed myself in this situation before to ensure that my wish comes true!

Another time to hold your breath that has more serious repercussions is when walking past a cemetery. If you do not hold your breath, you run the risk of breathing in the spirit of someone who recently passed away. Yikes! I sure as heck do not want to breath in any spirits!

One superstition that I recently heard of is that it is bad luck to see the back of an ambulance. In order to rid yourself of this misfortune, you must pinch your nose and hold your breath until you see a brown or black dog. Now, “what if I don’t see a brown or black dog,” you ask. Well, I guess you have bad luck and will be needing to call an ambulance for yourself!

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