Monday, November 19, 2007
The Moon Superstitions
Define superstition. Name some superstions that you have heard or believe. Are there any unusual superstions that you can find? Where do superstitions come from? In this video on moon superstitions, the terms lunatic, loony, and lunacy are mentioned. What are the etymologies for those words? At the beginning of this video an author creates a fictional account of life on the moon, do you believe that there is life on other plantets? Why?
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Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
Some superstitions I have heard are for Friday 13th. Like 'Step on a crack and you'll break your Mom's back' and 'Break a mirror and you'll have 7 years bad luck'. There is also 'If you spill salt throw it over your left shoulder'.
A weird superstition is 'If a bird poops on your car it is good luck'. Superstitions come from drawing correlation to causation.
Lunatic--affected with periodic insanity from the moon. from O.Fr.
Lunacy--condition of being a lunatic. formed in Eng. from lunatic.
Yes, there could possibly be life on other planets in other solar systems. I don't think that we are the only organisms the whole universe. I don't think we can be. We haven't explored other solar systems yet or been able to make machines that can yet, so we don't know if we are the only life. So yes I believe there could be life on other planets.
?Stephanie Harris?
8th period
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The definition of a superstition is,"a belief, practice, or rite held in spite of evidence to the contrary, resulting from ignorance of the laws of nature or from faith in magic or in chance." Some well-known superstitions are, if a black cat runs in front of you, you will have bad luck, if you walk under a ladder you will have bad luck, and if you break a mirror, you will have bad luck for seven years. Some good ones are, if your right hand itches, you will receive money, knocking on wood protects us from misfortune, a four leaf clover brings good luck, and sneezing three times before breakfast is lucky. There are probably hundreds more. Most superstitions are very unusual and here is an example of one. "Particularly good fortune will attach to the household if the first visitor on Christmas happens to be a dark-haired man. The arrival of a red-haired man is a bad omen, and it's utter catastrophe if the first foot is a woman." Most superstitions come down through generations. Something happens that someone believes was caused by a certain act or a certain thing and it is believed to be true. Lunatic means, of or for the insane - Loony means extremely silly or foolish and Lunacy means wild and irresponsible foolishness. I do believe that there is life on other planets, maybe not in our galaxy. It is hard to imagine that in all of space there would be no other types of living beings or life forms.
Megan DeJong 8th Period
Superstition is just a belief that some people think are true and others false. I have heard break a mirror and have 7 years of bad luck and Friday the 13th. There are some wierd superstitions that like if you spill salt then to throw it over your shoulder...pretty wierd. I could not find where supertitions came from but probally somebody made them up for fun.
Lunatic- to be insane
Loony- to be crazy
lunacy-?????????
I do not think that there is life on ohter planets because scientist can't find out if there is and if there ever was life on another planet, they would have already discovered it.
Evan Cameon
1st period
A supersttion is any belief, practice, or rite unreasonably upheld by faith in magic, chance, or dogma.
I have heard of a lot of superstitins like don't put up an umbrella in the house or it is bad luck, finding a four leaf clover is good luck, and black cat that crosses your path is bad luck.
The craziest one that I read was that if you smell a dandelion you will wet the bed.
Lunatic - affected with periodic insanity dependent on changes of
the moon.
Lunacy - intermittent periods of insanity such as were believed to be triggered by the moon's cycle.
Loony -insane asylum
I do believe there is life on another planet. The universe goes on forever and I think that somewhere out there, there are others. I think it is sad to think that we are the only ones in the whole universe.
Nick Sinclair 8th period
8th period
Superstition is a belief not really based on knowledge or reason but based on a circumstance or coincidence.
One superstition or wives tales as they are sometimes called is when you get married, something old, new, borrowed, blue.
When you pick up a penny only pick it up when its heads up for good luck. A cricket in your house brings good luck. walking under a ladder brings bad luck.
If you step on a crack you break you mothers back.
If your ear itches someone is talking about you. These are just a few.
Lunatic- to be moon struck
Lunacy- periods of insanity
Loony- short for lunatic
I do believe there is life on other planets. We just don't know about it
Audia Bartlett
7th period
I can't really think of any superstitious people, or at least not the type that acknowledge the fact that they are superstitious. Yes, if you look at any sailor's lore, it's filled with superstitions. I'm not sure, but the words seemed to be derived from the word luna or moon. Probably from the fact that the full moon makes people wilder, it pulls at their blood. Plus bad things and crazy people seem more common at night when the need to be normal is no longer there. Yes, I believe there is more life than just here. It just makes sense, besides, it'd really be a let down if when I died I found out we were the only ones. Plus, you have to look into someone's religion to see why the belive or do not belive in extraterrestial life.
tori mcgill
A superstition is an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome. I hvae heard of a lot of superstitions. Such as black cats, Friday 13th, four leaf clovers bring good luck, and five leaf clovers bring bad luck. The strangest one is that it's bad luck to milk a cow before selling it. Superstitions come from drawing correlation or causation.
lunatic (adj.)
c.1290, "affected with periodic insanity, dependent on the changes of the moon," from O.Fr. lunatique "insane," from L. lunaticus "moon-struck," from luna "moon." Cf. O.E. monseoc "lunatic," lit. "moon-sick;" M.H.G. lune "humor, temper, mood, whim, fancy" (Ger. Laune), from L. luna. Cf. also N.T. Gk. seleniazomai "be epileptic," from selene "moon." The noun meaning "lunatic person" is first recorded 1377. Lunatic fringe (1913) was apparently coined by U.S. politician Theodore Roosevelt. Lunatic soup (1933) was Australian slang for "alcoholic drink."
lunacy
1541, "condition of being a lunatic," formed in Eng. from lunatic (q.v.). Originally in ref. to intermittent periods of insanity, such as were believed to be triggered by the moon's cycle. The O.E. equivalent was monaðseocnes "month-sickness."
loony
1853, Amer.Eng., short for lunatic, but also infl. by loon (2), which is noted for its wild cry and method of escaping from danger. Slang loony bin "insane asylum" is from 1919. Looney left in ref. to holders of political views felt to be extreme is from 1977.
I believe that there has to be some other form of life on other planets. It may not talk but as long as it breaths it still is cool.
Gabby Tenney 7th
Superstion to me means something you believe in but it can or can not be real its what you fell and believe in.Some superstions I have heard about are never walk under a latter, stay away from black cats on halloween, beware friday the 13th, and if you spill salt throw it over your right shoulder but I have tried all of these things and nothing bad happened so I think it is a matter of belief.Some unusual superstions are like the ones I mentioned and alot more you can find in your local library or on the web.I think superstions come from the old days like when they were trying to cure children of diseases by rubbing black cats blood on them.The etymologie for lunatic is affected with periodic insanity from the moon from O.Fr.
Lunacy is from the condition of being a lunatic. formed in Eng. from lunatic.
Finnaly Loony is to be crazy.
I think there is life on other planets because if there wasnt any then why would they be there and how come the found a riveer bed on mars?
Devanie Carpenter 1st period
Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
I've heard that on Friday the 13th, "if you step on a crack, you will break your momma's back."
If you break a mirror, you will have seven years of bad luck. If you see a black cat you will have bad luck ir something like that.
Something will happen to you if you walk under a ladder. If you spill salt, you have to throw it over your shoulder. And I also heard that if your hand is itchy all day, you are going to get money. Those are some of the ones I heard of.
I do not know if I actually believe there was life on the moon. I haven't heard anything about it, and I think that there would have been something in the Bible about it if there was. I think there could have been water maybe, but I'm not sure.
su•per•sti•tion
NOUN:
1. An irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course
2. A belief, practice, or rite irrationally maintained by ignorance of the laws of nature or by faith in magic or chance.
3. A fearful or abject state of mind resulting from such ignorance or irrationality.
Some superstitions that I have heard about are: It is bad luck if a black cat crosses your path, if you walk under a ladder, if you break a mirror it is 7 years bad luck and if your hand itches you are going to get some money in the future, just to name a few.
I found the explanation of superstition at a web-site called - “The Origins of Popular Superstitions and Customs.” It explained that superstitions are to be found in early man's effort to explain Nature and his own existence; in the desire to propitiate Fate and invite Fortune; in the wish to avoid evils he could not understand and in the unavoidable attempt to pry into the future.
Lunatic- A lunatic (colloquially: "looney") is a commonly used term for a person who is mentally ill, dangerous, foolish or unpredictable, a condition once called lunacy.
The word lunatic is borrowed from Latin "lunaticus", which gains its stem from "luna" for moon, which denotes the traditional link made in folklore between madness and the phases of the moon.
LOONEY- A lunatic (colloquially: "looney") is a commonly used term for a person who is mentally ill, dangerous, foolish or unpredictable, a condition once called lunacy.
The word lunatic is borrowed from Latin "lunaticus", which gains its stem from "luna" for moon, which denotes the traditional link made in folklore between madness and the phases of the moon. This probably refers to the symptoms of cyclic mood disorders such as bipolar disorder or cyclothymia, the symptoms of which may also go through phases. As yet there is little evidence for any causal link between phases of the moon and the progression of mood disorder symptoms.
Yes, I do think that there is LIFE on other planets. I do know for sure that scientists have found sedimentary rock on Mars, which is made by water. This shows that there is some kind of living organisms that are on some planets.
Wes Ashcraft- 7th period
I think a superstition is an opinion that someone may have that we can either believe or not believe. Many superstitions are passed down from many generations. They began many, many years ago when people obviously were bored and made these things up.
Find a penny on the ground, if it is heads up, then you are to pick it up and you will have good luck. Don’t walk under a ladder it will bring you bad luck. Eat pork and cabbage on New Years Day and you will have a good new year ahead.
Most superstitions come from long ago in the past. That would probably be my great, great, great grandparents generation or even further in the past. People would use the moon, days of the week, things that occurred to them in every day life to make up these superstitions. Most superstitions have to deal with good luck, bad luck, love, money.
The lunar base words all come from the moon and sky. They actually deal with craziness or strange behavior. Maybe that the moon and planets have a great “pull” or impact on our thinking, actions, and daily living patterns.
No I do not believe there is life on other planets. Most planets are made of gas, some are too hot and some are too cold. We have been on the moon and know for a fact that there is no life there. Of all the planets to have life on it the moon would be the most obvious choice. So I don’t think living creatures could live on any of the other planets.
Grant Holbert
8th Period
Superstition means-a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like. Red sky at night sailors delight. Blue sky in the morning sailors take warning and when you get a chill someone is walking on your grave. They mean your crazy. Maybe ther are so many there might be. Also there might not be because in the Bible it doesn't say anything about aliens.
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Superstition is an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.
I don't really believe in superstitions, but I have heard of plenty of them. Like for example, I have heard "Step on a crack, you'll break your mama's back" and "Put salt on the doorstep of a new house and no evil can enter" and "If you blow out all the candles on your birthday cake with the first puff you will get your wish" and things like that. I've heard lots of weird superstitions, but I don't really believe any of them. (:
The word lunatic means insane; demented; crazy. The word loony means lunatic; insane, extremely or senselessly or foolish. The word lunacy means intermittent insanity, formerly believed to be related to phases of the moon.
Yea, it's possible that there is life on other planets, but in my opinion, i doubt it. (: But that's just me. ;]
♥Alexxus Bolling♥
-2nd period-
A superstition is a belief not based on fact, like a wive's tale.
Some superstitions I have heard are 'step on a crack, break your mother's back', and 'black cats are bad luck'.
The etymologies for the words mentioned in the video comes from lunar, the word for the moon, such as lunar eclipse.
Yes, I believe that there is life on other planets because in all of infinity, I really don't think we are the only lifeforms there are.
carey morris
5/6 period
Superstititon is a false staement that is not true....like a myth.Some suprestitions that i have herad are "open up a mirror inside and you will have bad luck for 7 years or"balck cats bring bad luck"or "dont walk under a ladder".There are also many more i have heard to.A unusual one is if your ear twitches someone is talking about you.Lunatic means to be insane or crazyfrom the moon ,and lunacy means the condition of being a lunatic.I dont think that there is life on the other planets because of the weather conditions of most of our planets.There could but not on some.
Cheyenne Shirkey 7th period
A superstition in my opinion, is a belief of some sort that a person thinks will help the luck of the person or someone else. Some of the superstitions that I have heard are stuff like " When a black cat crosses the road on Friday the 13th you are supossed to make an X on the windsheild of your car. Another is Friday the 13th is a bad luck day so watch out.. I don't know where supertitions come from. The word lune means moon. Crazy things happen when theres a full moon. So, that is where loony, lunatic, etc. come from they all come from the word lune, meaning moon. No, there is only water on the Earth izn all the inner planets. People and other things need water to live.
Tina Woodring =] 2ndperiod ♥
Superstition is like another way of an old saying.step on a crack you'll break yo mama's back, 'Break a mirror and you'll have 7 years bad luck'If you spill salt throw it over your left shoulder'. A weird superstition is 'If a bird poops on your car it is good luck'. Superstitions come from drawing correlation to causation. Lunatic--affected with periodic insanity from the moon. from O.Fr.
Lunacy--condition of being a lunatic. formed in Eng. from lunatic.I do believe there is life on another planet. The universe goes on forever and I think that somewhere out there, there are others. I think it is sad to think that we are the only ones in the whole universe.
*gwen sanders*
♥7th♥
Superstition is really intristing because there so many it when you belife that if you do something or something happens to you that you think you mite get bad luck like if you spile the salt or good luck like if a butterfly lands on you it brings good luck.
A superstition is a belief or notation, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like. I have heard that if you tickle a baby's toes, then it will stutter when it grows up. I have also heard that when you spill salt, you are supposed to throw it over your shoulder. There is a belief that when you break a mirror, then you will have 7 years of bad luck. I think that superstitions come from ledgends or fictonal stories. But then people actually believe them. The etymology of lunatic is moon-struck or moon sick. The etymology of loony is insane. And the etymology for lunacy is a condition for being a lunatic. I don't really believe there is life on other planets, but I could be wrong. Mars was believed to have some kind of water on it a long time ago. If there is life on other planets, I hope someone discovers it very soon.
♥Adrianna♥Curtis♥
8th period.(I guess 18th comment is alright =-)
By: David Collins
2nd period
Mrs. Constable
Superstition is a myth about events that sometimes have no relation to those event. I believe no superstitions because all of them make no sense at times. A superstition I have heard is that a red sky in the night time means sailors will be happy, but that a red sky in the morning means that it will be stormy that day. Superstitions come from people who have made a discovery that seem to go along with their belief. For example; if I got a pain in my leg and fell into mud, then miraculously the pain went away, I would think that mud cured pain. The thing that might actually have healed it would be the softness of the mud made it feel better. Their etymologies are basically CRAZY! I do believe their is life on other planets, because it would be a little scary to think that Earth is the only inhabitable planet in this entire space. Mars could have once had life on it. It has ice caps which means their was once water on it, RIGHT!
Superstitons are things people believe bring good or bad luck. Walking under a ladder, a cat walking across your path, spilling salt, steeping on a crack, breaking a mirror, and opening an umbrella. Ummm, I heard, in China, if you own yin(white with black spot) and yang(vise versa to the yin koi) koi, and they circle eachother, they can solve conflicts and/or bring bad luck, and neanderthals believed that a dead animal can bring back life. People's minds and common beliefs. The eytmology for lunatic strives from the latin word for lunatic "lunaticus", looney is another word for lunatic, and lunacy, ummm, well it took me back to lunatic, but all three came from the Spanish word "Luna" which, as everyone knows, in "Moon". Well bacterium was found on Mars, so I do believe that we aren't the only life forms in the universe.
Madison Fitch
7th period
A superstition is a not always true fear or notion of something. I have a lot of examples of some controversial superstitions. For example Friday the 13th is a bad day to do anything. Now the history behind that is that in the early 1400’s a large number of knights from the Knights Templar were executed in the 13th century, on the 13th day, and on the 13th hour. So that’s why most historians consider the number 13 to be unlucky in a superstitious kind of way. Another superstition that I know is one that came from my great-grandmother, and it is never put your hat on a hospital bed. Don’t ask why but that’s what, according to my grandma, says she used to say. Yet another superstition that I know of relates to the video that we watched today is, Lunacy, which in some cases leads to the thought of lycanthropy. Now lycanthropy is when the human mind believes that it is possessed by an omen, that when the full moon is out, they will take the form of a large wolf-like man. Or what the Anglo-Saxons called them, Werewolves. All around the world they have different names for the alleged creature. In France it’s known as loup-garou, in Greece lycanthropos, in Czech Republic/Slovakia vlkodlak, in Russia vourdalak, in Romania priculici, in Scotland wulver, Ireland faoladh, in Germany werwolf, in Netherlands weerwolf, in Portugal/Brazil lobisomem, in Galicia lobisón, and in Italy lupo mannaro. But you know I believe every word of of what history says about the werewolf stories. Most of these superstitions come from old stories that originate from old European stories and folk tale to scare little children. But at the beginning of the video, about the man seeing demons on the moon and such. I think it’s all completely deceptive, twaddle speak say I. I mean, we’ve been going to the moon for about forty years, and we have never seen one demon or any mythological creature of that nature. I mean yeah sure, I truly believe that there is other life on other planets, but the experts won’t accept the fact that we are the only intelligent beings on this side of the universe. Well I guess that all of this talk of beings living on other planets will be put on hold until the pompous scientists get their way and see a real live alien.
Randy Stickley
Period 5/6
Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
Some superstitions that I have heard before is that if you open an umbrella in the house it will bring you bad luck, or if you throw salt over your left shoulder it’s to ward off bad luck. An unusual superstition is that 25 years ago most men who worked in a coal mine thought that having a woman in their coal mine would bring the mine bad luck.
Some superstitions can be traced back to Roman and Anglo Saxon times, some to Victorian rhymes and others to folklore that has been passed down through countless generations.
Lunatic -- affected with periodic insanity, dependent on the changes of the moon.
loony -- short for lunatic, but also infl. by loon (2), which is noted for its wild cry and method of escaping from danger.
Lunacy -- condition of being a lunatic.
Yes, I do think that there is life on other plants because with as big as this universe is it is hard to believe that the only planet with intelligent life on it is the planet earth.
Katie Nestor
7th period
Superstition is a belief without reason in significance of a specific thing, problem, or occurrence. Some superstitions that I have heard are if a black cat walks in front of you, you will have bad luck. Also if you walk under a ladder it is bad luck. Lastly, if you spill salt you are supposed to throw it over your left shoulder because otherwise it is bad luck. Loony- extremely silly; or foolish. Lunacy- wild and irresponsible; foolishness. A weird superstition is you must get out of bed on the same side you got in on or you will have bad luck. I do not believe that there is life on other planets because all other planets are to far away from the sun and not enough heat is possible for growing plants or hosting life.
Andrew Strand 8th period
Superstition is like old-wise tales. They are irrational and supernatural. Some superstitions I hear quite often include: crossing your fingers, spotting a four-leaf clover, carrying a horse shoe and a rabbits foot, and a dove circling above is an omen of death. Some unusual ones include: carrying an acorn will bring long life, a 5-leaf clover brings bad luck, singing before breakfast brings bad luck, and that if a bird “ drops” on your head will bring you and your family good luck. They come form the ancient times when people had no way of knowing what caused ceratin thins. They went by coincidences. Lunatic, loony, and lunacy are based form the Latin word luna meaning moon. I am not sure if they is life on other planets, I can see both sides of pro or con. I would like to think so, so we are not the only living things in thins galaxy.
Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like. Here are a few superstitions are: To protect yourself from witches, wear a blue bead. If you say good-bye to a friend on a bridge, you will never see each other again. I believe it is possible that there are people on other planets because we don’t know how much coldness and heat their body can stand, also another thing is do the other planets have enough/any water to supply these people. I have no idea what these etymologies were.
A superstition is an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course. Some superstitions are if you don’t put money in a purse that purse will have bad luck. Another superstition is if your hand itches money is coming you way. If a young girl catches a ladybug and then releases it, the direction in which it flies away will be the direction from which her future husband will come. Superstitions mostly come from the past when weird things happen. I think there is because one of Jupiter’s moons has snow on it and that means there is water and water basically means life.
The definition of superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like. Superstitions come from people that do something and something happens lets say black cats for example it probably started because a black cat passed someone and they noticed they had a unlucky day it probably would have been unlucky anyway. I believe somewhere probably not in our solar system there is life on a planet even if it's in a different part of are galaxy or another galaxy the universe is to large for only one planet to have life.
The word superstition means Religion, opinion or practice based on belief in luck or magic. One superstition that I have heard is that if a black cat crosses your path you will have bad luck. Another superstition that I have heard is when their is a full moon kids will be bad. Also a superstition that I have heard is step on a crack and break your mother's back. One of the other superstitions out there is if you break a mirror you will have bad luck for seven years. And the last superstition that i have heard is that if you spill salt you have to pick it up and throw it over your shoulder. I think that the word Lunatic means to be insane. Also The word loony means to be crazy. And last but not least the word lunacy means intermittent periods of insanity such as were believed to be triggered by the moon's cycle. No I do not believe that there is life on other plants, just because when god created the world he told about the life adn all about the earth and he never said anything about there being life on any of the other plants.
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BROGAN RADDISH 8TH PERIOD
superstition is a belief or notion not based on reason or knowledgethe things that peopel say are nto aways true and the people that say that you cut your hair on a ful moon it will grow fast or that step on a crack you will break your mom's back that if you tell a lie your nose will get bigger if you break a mirror your will have 7 years of bad luck cats have 9 lives if you see a black cat on hollween it bad luck for you, and you look in the mirror and say bloodie mary three time she will came out and things will happen. all Superstition are not real and they dont always work and dont do things this things do not happen ...
Nicole McCaulley
2nd Period
A superstition is what some people believe in that causes bad luck or good luck. I heard don't open and umbrella in the house, don't start from the point of the pie start eating from the crust, dotn spill salt. Changin a horeses name is and unusual superstition that is bad luck. No because there isn t any oxygen.
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A superstition is like when someone thinks that when you do something it will bring you bad luck. SOme superstitions that I have heard is the one that when you break a mirrior you get 7 years of bad luck and I dont believe in bad luck. I very unusual superstition that i found was when you are using salt you take a pinch of salt and throw it over your shoulder for good luck. Superstitions come from when one person starts some superstition that they believe and then other people believe it. The etymologies of those words are loser, lame, and dumb. I really dont know if there is life on other planets, cause there is no evidence of life on other planets but I think that it is posible.
Logan Demyon
8th period
I found this weeks blog sort of interesting. Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
I have heard of thousands of superstitions. Some like if you walk under a ladder you will have bad luck,break a mirror you'll have bad luck for 7 years. If a black cat walks in your path they also say you will have bad luck.
Lunatic (colloquially: "looney") is a commonly used term for a person who is mentally ill, dangerous, foolish or unpredictable, a condition once called lunacy.
I believe that there might as well be live on other planets, because we haven't been there, so from conclusion we have no idea. I can say that there is no life on the moon because people(astronauts) have been there and there has been no sign of aliens or anyother life forms
Ali Sansalone
8th period
Superstition is an irrational belief coming from ignorance or fear. First of all i don't believe in any superstitions. Some superstitions i've heard of are never walk under a ladder because it brings you bad luck, black cats also bring bad luck and are evil, a 4 leaf clover brings you good luck, break a mirror and you'll have seven years of bad luck, Friday the 13th, a full moon onsets labor, and never spill the salt.
There are many unusual superstitions but one of them i thought was really unusual was If your right ear rings, someone is saying bad things about you.
Superstitions are past on from generations to generations.
Lunatic-means to be insane.
Loony-means to be crazy.
Lunacy-means you lost your mind.
I do not believe there is life on other planets because if there were life on other planets, God would have told us that in the Bible and he didn't.
Makenzi Robinson
2nd period (:
There aren't any unsual ones. I've hear all of these before, and I think that they are real for the most part. but hey, I am a strange kid.lol. No , I don't belive that there is life on other planets. I think that Earth is the only Planet that does and can support life.
Brooklyn Litlle -th pd.
There aren't any unsual ones. I've hear all of these before, and I think that they are real for the most part. but hey, I am a strange kid.lol. No , I don't belive that there is life on other planets. I think that Earth is the only Planet that does and can support life.
Brooklyn Litlle -th pd.
The definition of a Superstition is a belief, pratice or rite held in spite of evidence. I liked this blog because it showed you about space and I'm not the type of guy that likes space but, This video was pretty cool. One reason why i liked this video was because it showed us how space really i slike and not just a black bubble that is covering the world. this video showed me that space is much more then people think it is. The second reason why i liked this video was because I don't really like space and now I know that space is much more than i thought it was, I kind of like space now because of this video. I think that there is more life on other planets. I think Aliens and other wierd things are on other planets but, then again just maybe they think that we're wierd looking to.
By: Jordan Dublin
A superstition is a irrational belief. Throw salt over your shoulder. Dont look over your right shoulder. They first developed on the frontier and they didnt have doctors so they believed in superstitions. The words lnatic, lunacy, and loony came from the moon. Yes because theres all those other planets out there. Its also hard to believe that were the only life forms.
A belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like. If walk under ladder you'll have bad luck, if you break miror you'll have 7 years of bad luck. If a black cat walks in front of you, you will have bad luck. The frontier men thought it made you well. You act weird under the moon. Yes, but they think just like us they think that humans aren't real
Superstitions are things that usually arent true but some people think they are and they are belived to cause bad luck ect.
I have heard that walking past a black cat was bad luck.I have also heard that breaking a mirror was 7 years bad luck.
Unusuall superstitions are
pulling out a gray hair will grow 10 more in its place.
To dream of a lizard is a sign of a secret enemy.
The origin of superstitions come from all over the world through different time periods and everything.
Looney Lunatic and lunacy all mean insane.
I belive there is a very small chance there is life on earth but if there is i hope we get to learn more.
~*BrItTaNy MaThEnY*~
I really don’t think that this was one of my favorite videos, but it did state allot of facts. I have heard about many superstitions about the moon. A superstition is a belief such as, “If you break a mirror, you will have seven years of bad luck”. I don’t believe in very many superstitions. However, there is one superstition that I have heard about. It says that if you watch evil on television, you are inviting it into your house. I don’t really believe it but I think that I will just play it safe.
Many superstitions are just old wives tales but many have good facts to back them up. For example, many criminals say during a murder trial that the phase of the moon caused them to murder a person. But that is not just an excuse. More murders happen on a full moon than any other phase of the moon.
In the blog, it mentions that there is life on other planets. I do believe that it is possible for microscopic organisms to survive on other planets. But I don’t believe that any noticeable life is on other planets. But until they can prove that there is life on other planets, comets, moons, etc. I believe we are the only place in space with life.
Zachary A.Parrucci
7th Pd.
1/16/08
Superstition is religion, opinion or practice based on belief in luck or magic. A few of the superstitions I have heard of are; When a person goes out to hunt animals, the people who stay at home may not touch oil or water with their hands during the absence of their friend; for if they did so, the hunters would all be "butter-fingered" and the prey would "slip through their fingers", If a woman puts two spoons in her saucer, she'll have ginger twins, A pregnant woman should never attend a funeral. I found an odd superstition that if a mother has a craving for fish while she is pregnant and she does not feed the craving, her baby will be born witha fish head. Superstitions come from all over the globe and are usually caused by over active imaginations.
lunatic:affected with periodic insanity, dependent on the changes of the moon
looney:same as above
lunacy:same as above
I can not say that I believe that there is life on other planets, but I am open to the possibility, and if in the future,if there is enough solid proof, then I will say I do believe that there is life on othe planet, and if there is... IT WOULD BE FREAKN' AWESOME
Nathan Clouser 8th period
A superstition is a belief or notion not based on facts. It is when someone thinks that something is one way when it might not be. There are many superstitions in the world. Many are very peculiar. In the video about superstitions based with the moon the director told of many superstitions that I had and hadn't heard of. Some of the ones in this video were unusual. The theory that money increases as the moon becomes full and decreases as the moon becomes dark is very odd and illogical to me along with other superstitions such as all the ones about good and bad fortune.
Superstitions come from people with creative minds, or people that may actually be loony and believe beyond a doubt that they are right. The words lunatic, loony, and lunacy all deal with craziness. The prefix lun has to deal with the moon. Lunatic was first thought as being used 1290, while Lunacy was said around 1541 and Loony around 1853. Lunatic was influence mainly by the Greek, while lunacy was said by English and loony by American-English.
Yes, I think it is highly possible that there is life on other planets. I believe that since the universe is thought to never end God would probably have created some form of life somewhere else. Some planet in some galaxy in some solar system has to have conditions similar to ours, or maybe there is some place out there where God made organisms that can survive with highly different environments. To me it just seems likely that, although this may just be a superstition, life can exist somewhere else.
Jacob Richards Constable 1st
A superstition is an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.
Some superstitions I have heard of are; Friday the thirteenth is an unlucky day, ,a rabbit's foot brings good luck ,an apple a day keeps the doctor away ,to find a four-leaf clover is to find good luck ,if you walk under a ladder, you will have bad luck ,if a black cat crosses your path you will have bad luck,to break a mirror will bring you seven years bad luck ,to open an umbrella in the house is to bring bad luck ,to find a horseshoe brings good luck, step on a crack,and break your mother's back. I don't believe any of them.
Some weird superstitions I found were; It is bad luck to light three cigarettes with the same match,A loaf of bread should never be turned upside down after a slice has been cut from it , never take a broom along when you move...Throw it out and buy a new one, and dropping an umbrella on the floor means that there will be a murder in the house.
The word lunatic means insane; demented; or crazy. The word loony means lunatic; insane, extremely or senselessly or foolish. Lunacy means intermittent insanity, formerly believed to be related to phases of the moon.
No, I don't believe that there are other life on other planets. There may be small bug type creature or something relative to bugs on planets or moons. But, I only go by what the scientist show.
i also like other people have heard some very unsual superstitions. one of the which was that if you pour a cup of tea and a girl and boy pour it together then they're supposed to have kids together. i have also heard that if you step on a crack then you brake your mommas back. don't walk under a ladder, 7 years of bad luck if you break a mirror. if you stand in front of a mirror, look into it, and say bloody mary three times then your supposed to die. the defintion of a superstition is a belief or practice. if you get chills up your spine then somebody is walking on your vfuture grave.
Tayna phillips
period 5 and 6
Superstition is a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, a false conception, or a notion maintained despite evidence.
I do not believe in superstitions, but I have heard a lot of them. Here are some I have heard - Black cats are bad luck, pennies are bad luck if they are faced down, don't open an unbrella in the house- it's bad luck, don't walk under a ladder you will have bad luck, break a mirror is seven years bad luck, don't cut your grass before Easter, if there is a full moon that's when someone will have a baby, hold a needle and string over a pregnant woman's belly and if it goes one way it's a girl and if it goes the other way it will be a boy, and blow out all of the candles on Birthday cake and your wish will come true. The most famous superstition is the number 13. It is supposed to be bad luck. Some elevators do not have a button for the number 13. I even heard some changed the number on their house from 13 to 14. It's still the 13th house on the street no matter what they call it.
Superstitions come from a long time ago. Many people believe it has to do with witches. People today do not believe in them as much as years ago. It really effected a lot of people's lives. They trusted and went by these superstitions.
The etymologies or real meanings of the words lunatic, loony, and lunacy is all the same. They mean insane, crazy, demented, and mad.
I do not believe there is life on other planets. I have never seen anything to prove that there would be. God put people on Earth, not on Mars or Jupiter, or any other planet. I definitely do not believe there are aliens on space ships either.
Colbi Dick
2nd period
Superstition is a belief, practice, or rite irrationally maintained by ignorance of the laws of nature or by faith in magic or chance. Some superstitions that I believe in is if you find a penny heads up you’ll have good luck and if its heads down you’ll have bad luck. Another superstition is crossing your fingers for good luck and finding a four leap clover will give you good luck as well. Carrying up an acorn with you is aid to bring good luck and ensure a long life. I believe that opening an umbrella indoors will give you bad luck. Finding a five leaf clover is supposed to bring you bad luck and if a bat flies into your house as well. Some unusual superstitions are a baby born with teeth is to become extremely selfish and a bird in the house is a sign of death. There is also one that says if rats leave a ship, the ship will sink. An itch inside you nose will give you bad luck and an itch on the top of you head will give you good luck. Superstitions are said to have been created by people and evolve over the years. The word lunatic means affected with periodic insanity, dependent on the changes of the moon. Loony means wild cry and method of escaping from danger. Lunacy means condition of being a lunatic. I think that there is other life on other planets. I’m not sure why but I just think that why. There must be other life some where out there; it can’t just be us in this universe. Even though there is really no proof that there is I sure there is, we just don’t know it.
MIchelle Tucker
1st period
Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like. I have heard of " Don't step on the crack or you'll break your moms back." and I believe that if you break a mirror you will have bad luck for 7years. Yes, on this video it says that John Hershel said that he saw hairy men with back wings that danced about on the Moon. Superstitions began centuries ago when our ancestors tried to explain mysterious circumstances or events as best as they could with the knowledge they had. This is not the adjective of loon, meaning crazy or eccentric person, which itself comes from Middle English loun, rouge. However, the sense of loon itself was influenced by loony. I don't really know if I believe in other life on a different planet because the Space Exploration really hasn't found any other life but that is just what I think
Taylor Gross 2nd period
Superstiton is a belief, one not always correct .I belive the moon superstitions do not exist. Although there are a few that do make some sense. I do belive that more hate crimes, and robberies occure during the full moon. This is only becouse it is harder to see someone in the dark. This way people think they can get away with things such as rape, theft, and sometimes evan murder.
Things such as if you leave money out during a new moon it will mutliply by the time a new moon comes. If this was a true fact people would work for a month, and lay their money in their yard, and watch the amount grow. If this happened you could kiss this servace, and manufactering industry good-bye.
I'm not saying that all the superstitions are inacurate, but some of them just dont make any sense at all.
Sam Haines
8th period
A superstition is a myth that states if you do a certain thing there is a certain consequence. I am not a superstitious person, but I do know of a few superstitions. One superstition I know of is if you break a mirror you will have seven years of bad luck. A second superstition I’m familiar with is if you see a black cat you will have bad luck. However, I’ve recently seen a black cat and I had no bad luck that day. The weirdest superstition that I found said that if you see an ambulance it is very unlucky until you see a black or a brown dog. Superstitions come from old stories or folklore. The etymology for lunatic is, affected with periodic insanity, dependent on the changes of the moon. Second, the etymology for loony is short for lunatic. Lastly the etyomology for lunacy is the condition of being a lunatic. Personaly, I do not believe of in life on other planets because with our great technology I think we would have noticed life in space by now.
Superstition is a belief that you very strongly believe in. Also, it can be a occurrence that may happen. Some I have heard of but I think it’s nothing because I have crossed a black cat before and nothing bad happened to me. Superstitions come from the history behind that is that in the early 1400’s a large number of knights from the Knights Templar were executed in the 13th century, on the 13th day, and on the 13th hour. Yes I do believe that there is other life on different planets because there are so many weird things in the planets.
Sierra Greenlee 2nd
A superstition is a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation. A couple superstitions I know of are if you walk under a ladder you get bad luck, and if you break a mirror, you get seven years of bad luck. One unusual superstition I found on the internet is if you cut your hair on Good Friday to prevent headaches in the year to come.
Lunatic- affected with periodic insanity, dependent on the changes of the moon.
Loony- which is noted for its wild cry and method of escaping from danger. Slang loony ben, "insane asylum".
Lunacy- condition of being a lunatic.
No, I do not believe that there is life on other planets becauase we would have found out by now if so. Another reason is, God only made one earth.
Kelsey Staggers
2nd
Superstition is a belief, practice, or rite held in spite of evidence to the contrary, resulting from ignorance of the laws of nature or from faith in magic or in chance.
Um, some superstitions I've heared are "if you step on a crack, break your mothers back", " if a black cat crosses in front of you, you'll have bad luck", if it rains on your wedding day, you'll cry a tar for every drop of rain in your lifetime", " you have to get out of the same side of bed that you get in on, or you'll have bad luck", " if your nose itches, it means you're going to stick it in someone elses business", and " if the bottom of our foot itches, you're going somewhere you're not wanted.
Lunatic-affected with periodic insanity dependent on changes of
the moon.
Lunacy-intermittent periods of insanity such as were believed to be triggered by the moon's cycle.
I do think they're is life on other planets. I don't know why. It's just one of those things I believe.
Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge. I don't believe in superstiton because I do stuff all the time that people say is superstition and nothing happens.
Some superstitions are Friday the Thirthteenth, don't let a black cat walk in your path, don't walk out of the same door that you entered in, don't walk under a ladder, and don't break a mirrior.
Some unusual superstitions are if basketball players make sure they wear the same underwear for every game or eat the same dinner for every game.
They come from tradition or people make their own up. All three words prtty much mean the same thing they all mean looney, crazy, and foolish.
I don't really think there is life on other planet but I think in about twenty years there will be life on mars. I think it would be cool to go to a different planet but that would be really hard to do because alot of people wouldn't make it.
Andrew Suplita
1st period
I really liked this movie because it wasn't boring even though it was long.it was really enjoyable;the movie reminded me of old cartoons that played when my mom was little.
Superstition is a custom or act based on such belief. it means to believe in sayings that not everybody believes in. Superstitions can be traditions or a phrase that is from ancient history. Alot of Indians had superstitions.
Some superstitions I have heard are very weird and akward. Some are just common sense. I have heard that if you break a mirror, you have bad luck. If you walk underneath a ladder,or a black cat crosses your path you will have bad luck. The number 13 goes along with superstitions because people think it is bad luck. I have heard that people don't like going to hotels that have a 13th floor. That is why hotels skip the the thirteenth floor.
Lunatic-this word was thought of in 1290. meaning monn struck or an austrailian alcoholic drink. the noun was first made in n1377.
loony-american english 1853.meaning short for lunatic meaning crazy
lunacy-1521 american english meanin lunatic
I beliave that their is life on other planets, because scientists today are expirementing and proving that there is some kind of life on mars.
Jenny Bundy 8th
Superstition is a belief or notion, not based upon reason or knowledge. I have heard many superstitions such as if you step on a crack you'll break your mom's back or if you walk under a ladder you'll have bad luck. Friday the 13th or even the one about if you break a mirror you will have bad luck for 7 years. Out of all the superstitions the one that really got me was if your ear itches someone is talking about you. Or those who marry in May will have bad luck. A common superstition in the Middle Ages was that the devil could enter a person during that unguarded moment when that person was sneezing; this could be avoided if anyone present immediately appealed to the name of God. The tradition of saying "God bless you" when someone sneezes still remains today. Most superstitions are passed down from generation to generation.
Lunatic- insanity from the moon
Loony- is a short word for "lunatic"
Lunacy- insanity
Well, sometimes i do believe that there could be some other life form on other planets besides earth. We just have not been able to create technology that will answer those questions yet. There almost has to be other life forms somewhere. I guess we will just have to wait and see.
Olivia Duke
1st period <3
I can't really think of any superstitious people, or at least not the type that acknowledge the fact that they are superstitious. Yes, if you look at any sailor's lore, it's filled with superstitions. I'm not sure, but the words seemed to be derived from the word Luna or moon. Probably from the fact that the full moon makes people wilder, it pulls at their blood. Plus bad things and crazy people seem more common at night when the need to be normal is no longer there. Yes, I believe there is more life than just here. It just makes sense, besides, it'd really be a let down if when I died I found out we were the only ones. Plus, you have to look into someone's religion to see why the believe or do not believe in extraterrestrial life.
Evan Kosik
1st period
Superstition means in my personal dictionary something that happens, and you do something to make the situation better. Another definition to me would be sometimes you can do some things to make or try to make thing better or happen. Some superstitions I have heard are: never open your umbrella inside, don’t brake a mirror or you get so many years of bad luck. I don’t believe in superstitions, but there’s one about throwing salt behind your back for some reason I do it because I like to throw the salt. I think superstitions come from odd things happening to more than one person then everyone thinks it’s true.
Lunatic- to be crazy or freaky
Looney- to be insane or crazy
Lunacy- the same thing as lunatic
Life on other planets I do not believe in. Now if heaven is a planet I believe, but I don’t think it is. I don’t believe on life on other planets, because it’s really not possible there’s no air
-Lauren Gower: D
2nd period
A superstition is a belief that something crazy will happen, but most of the time they are based on true facts. I've heard of things like friday the 13th, or step on a crack, break your mother's back. Superstitions usually come from a rare occurrence of something that happened. For example, the superstition that if u have a rash, to wash it in a dead oak stump full of water. This is said because oak has minerals in it, so when water fall in it, the minerals come out. Those minerals are a natural medicine for rashes.
lunatic comes from the periodic insanity of some people due to the phases of the moon. (really its just some people had a little too much moonshine on a moonlit night)
it comes from old french.
loony is just short for lunatic.
lunacy is the condition of being a lunatic.
There is actual scientific proof of life on other planets, but not in the way you may think. There is a type of life on the moon. When the astronauts use the bathroom they gotta get rid of it. So its ejected out of the ship. Some of it landed on the moon and now bacteria is growing on it, so technically, there is life on other planets.
A superstition is an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.
Some superstitions that I have heard are Friday the 13th, 'Don't walk under ladders', 'If a black cat crosses your path it is bad luck', and 'If you break a mirror, it is 7 years of bad luck".
Some superstitions that I found were a dove circling above is an omen of death, babies born with teeth become extremely selfish, and tying a knot wards off evil.
lunatic- "affected with periodic insanity, dependent on the changes of the moon," from O.Fr. lunatique "insane," from L. lunaticus
loony- Amer.Eng., short for lunatic, but also infl. by loon (2), which is noted for its wild cry and method of escaping from danger.
lunacy- "condition of being a lunatic," formed in Eng. from lunatic
I believe that there could possibly be life on other planets. Scientists have done research and found that types of micro-organisms can survive with Mars-like conditions. I think it would be nice to actually find out if something lives on another planet.
Brianna Woodburn
7th period.
Superstition is an opinion or practice based on belief in luck or magic. Some superstitions I have heard of are one's mentioning of a no-hitter ball game will cause the pitcher to give up a hit. Another superstition one is that on a birthday cake are blown out with one breath, while making a silent wish, the wish will come true. An unusual superstition in the Indian subcontinent is that a pregnant woman should avoid going outside during an eclipse in order to prevent her baby being born with a facial birthmark.
Lunatic-affected with periodic insanity, dependent on the changes of the moon
Loony-short for lunatic but also influenced by loon, which is noted for its wild cry and method of escaping from danger
Lunacy-condition of being a lunatic," formed in English from lunatic. Originally in reference to intermittent periods of insanity, such as were believed to be triggered by the moon's cycle.
Technically I do not believe that human being-like creatures exist anywhere but Earth but I do believe that bacteria, cells, etc. do exist on some planets such as Mars because of testing through scientific research.
Jared Burns
8th Period
Superstition is "a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or change, or a false conception of causatio. Or the belief of a story about something that is hard to believe".
Some superstitions that I have heard is if you walk under a ladder you will have bab luck. Another is if you break a mirror you will have bad luck for the next 7 years. There are some unusual superstitions like if you step on a crack you will break your mom's back.
I do not believe that their is life on other planets. But some day we might be living on other planets like Mars. Because NASA says that it has the same atmosphere as the planet Earth.
Superstition is a belief or notion that isn’t based on fact or knowledge. There are superstitions for everything. Superstitions range from if a frog enters your house it will bring luck to pregnant women should not attend funerals. Before there was good medical theory, superstitious treatments were used for medication. Some superstitions have proved to be true. One superstition is being in the cold makes you sick. This is not true. The cold cannot make you sick, unless your immune system is already weak. Broken mirrors, walking under ladders and black cats are said to be unlucky, though this defies scientific knowledge and laws. People become superstitious because of coincidence. For example, a person carrying a rabbit’s foot wins a card game.
Lunacy is the condition of being crazy. This word’s etymology comes from the original meaning when periods of insanity where believed to be triggered by the moon cycles. A lunatic is a person with periods of insanity. Lunatic comes from the word lunaticus which means moon struck. This is in reference to when insanity periods were said to be related to moon cycles. Loony is short for lunatic.
I am truthfully not sure what to say when asked if I believe in life on other planets. Usually my first thought is yes. I think that if our universe if ever-expanding, then that is so huge, we cannot put that into understandable terms. IF the universe is that big indeed, then why can’t there be life on another planet? We have only explored a small portion of the universe. We have yet to leave our galaxy, in which there are millions of galaxies.
Savannah Sims™
2nd Period♥
A superstition is an irrational fear of what is unknown or mysterious, especially in connection with religion. Some superstitions that I have heard are if you give someone a treatment during a waning moon, it has more effect, and the seventh child of a seventh child has healing powers. Superstitions come from false ideas that people spread and believe to be true. The etymology for lunatic is "affected with periodic insanity, dependent on the changes of the moon," from O.Fr. lunatique "insane," from L. lunaticus"moon-struck," from luna "moon." The etymology for the word lunacy is "condition of being a lunatic," formed in Eng. from lunatic (q.v.). Originally in ref. to intermittent periods of insanity, such as were believed to be triggered by the moon's cycle. The O.E. equivalent was monaðseocnes "month-sickness." The etymology for the word loony is 1853, Amer.Eng., short for lunatic, but also infl. by loon (2), which is noted for its wild cry and method of escaping from danger. Slang loony bin "insane asylum" is from 1919. Looney left in ref. to holders of political views felt to be extreme is from 1977. I find it hard to believe that there is life beyond this planet. There may be life on other planets I just don’t know if man can handle that.
Phillip Colasessano 1st
A Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like. Some of the superstitions that I have heard are if you spill salt you must throw it over your shoulder, you can’t leave a building without going through the same door that you entered in, 7 years bad luck for breaking a mirror, it’s bad luck to cross paths with a black cat, and one more that I know about is the number 13. I know for a fact that at WVU hospital they do not have a bed 13 in any of their ICU’s. Some of the unusual superstitions that I found is if you put a spoon under your pillow it will snow, stepping on a crack in the sidewalk is believed to result in one's mother breaking her back, and if two twins are separated at birth without knowing, when they find out they will both die. The earliest English uses of the word in the modern era refer critically to Catholic practices. The word lunatic is "affected with periodic insanity, dependent on the changes of the moon," from O.Fr. lunatique "insane," from L. lunaticus "moon-struck," from luna "moon." The word loony Amer.Eng., short for lunatic, but also infl. by loon (2), which is noted for its wild cry and method of escaping from danger. The word lunacy "condition of being a lunatic," formed in Eng. from lunatic (q.v.). Originally in ref. to intermittent periods of insanity, such as were believed to be triggered by the moon's cycle. I don’t believe that there is life on other planets just because it seems impossible.
Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like. Some superstition that I believe are, don’t throw salt over your right shoulder. Also Friday the 13th. Stuff like: a black cat, walking under a ladder, stepping on a crack can back your mother’s back. Some superstitions that I find unusual is when a black cat cross your path you get bad luck. Superstitions come from the frontier. Some etymologies for these words are: Lunatic- crazy, Lonny- silly, lunacy- idk, but they all come from the moon. I believe there is not a life on the other plants because you cant live on there without oxygen things and if you stay out there then you won’t have any oxygen and you will die.
Ashley Patterson
2nd. Period
A superstition is an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.
I have heard if you step on a crack you'll break your back,your if you drop a fork someone is coming over.Also if you put shoes on a table its bad luck.
Superstitions come from old ledgens that were told a long time ago.Lunatic- to be moon struck
Lunacy- periods of insanity
Loony- short for lunatic
Yes,because scientiest have shown that there is life on the moon.
ashley charles
8th period
A superstition is a thing that is based on a past event that cured something once but may not cure it the next time.
A superstion I've heard is that if your ears are burning then somebody is talking about you, or if you step on a crack you break your mother's back.
Etymologies
Lunatic- moon struck
Lunacy- periods of insanity
Loony- short for lunatic
Yes i do, because there may be creatures adapted to the planets weather and strange surroundings. Therefore, it is possible there is life on planets we think there couldn't be.
Tommy Bice
2nd Period
Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
Some weird superstitions that I found were if a mother wears high heels during a pregnancy, her baby with have cross eyes, or never choose a redhead as your bridesmaid as she will steal your groom, or if you put a spoon under your pillow, it will snow.
Many extant superstitions arose before and during the time of the Black Plague that swept over Europe. During the time of a plague, Pope Gregory I the Great made a decree for people to say "God bless you" when somebody sneezed; this was said to prevent the spread of the disease and to cure whoever already had it.
Lunatic-insane, demented, crazy
Loony-extremely or senselessly foolish
Lunacy-intermittent insanity, formerly believed to be related to phases of the moon
I could not find the etymologies to any of these words. If I knew where I could find them, I could tell you what they are.
Sometime I do believe there is life on other planets, but then I think about how Earth is the only place that living creatures could live. Sometimes I think about what if there was another life on a different planet, but other times I remember that I could just be my imagination or something.
MacKenzie Kline
2nd period
Superstition is a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, a false conception, or a notion maintained despite evidence.
I do not believe in superstitions, but I have heard a lot of them. Here are some I have heard - Black cats are bad luck, pennies are bad luck if they are faced down, don't open an unbrella in the house- it's bad luck, don't walk under a ladder you will have bad luck, break a mirror is seven years bad luck, don't cut your grass before Easter, if there is a full moon that's when someone will have a baby, hold a needle and string over a pregnant woman's belly and if it goes one way it's a girl and if it goes the other way it will be a boy, and blow out all of the candles on Birthday cake and your wish will come true. The most famous superstition is the number 13. It is supposed to be bad luck. Some elevators do not have a button for the number 13. I even heard some changed the number on their house from 13 to 14. It's still the 13th house on the street no matter what they call it.
Superstitions come from a long time ago. Many people believe it has to do with witches. People today do not believe in them as much as years ago. It really effected a lot of people's lives. They trusted and went by these superstitions.
The etymologies or real meanings of the words lunatic, loony, and lunacy is all the same. They mean insane, crazy, demented, and mad.
I do not believe there is life on other planets. I have never seen anything to prove that there would be. God put people on Earth, not on Mars or Jupiter, or any other planet. I definitely do not believe there are aliens on space ships either.
-Teresa Lodge.
2nd period.
Superstition is the belief that one event or action can affect another, though the two can be totally unrelated.
One unusual superstition I have heard is that putting a spoon under your pillow will make it snow. Another is that a US two-dollar bill brings bad luck, and one of the corners must be torn off to cancel out the bad luck. If all the corners are already torn off, the bill must be torn up completely.
I have no idea where these superstitions come from, but they must have just worked once, then a lot of people spread the idea of it.
lunatic, loony, and lunacy are all derived from the word luna, meaning moon. A lunatic could be described as "moon-sick," but the actual definition means "insane." In Australia, lunatic soup is sometimes used to describe an alcoholic beverage. "Lunatic" is from French "lunatique" and Latin "lunaticus." The words have roughly the same etymologies. Lunacy is the act of being a lunatic, and loony is short for lunatic, though loons that are animals have nothing insane about them.
I do believe there is life on other planets! We are currently only able to explore one solar system (ours.) There are probably thousands of other solar systems in our galaxy, each containing a fair amount of planets, and then there's thousands of other galaxies in the universe, which makes for a REALLY BIG amount of solar systems and planets! And besides, if there wasn't any other life, the universe would be a rather large waste of space. I think humans should not be surprised if we find other life somewhere. So yes, I believe there is other life than on earth.
Superstition is an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome. A superstition that I have heard of is “Step on a crack, you break your mother’s back.” Another superstition that I have heard of is “Clothes worn inside out will bring good luck.” None of these superstitions can be proven. I think that superstitions come from people trying to be funny or scare other people. Or some people might be serious. I really do not know. I do believe that there is life on other planets. There is an infinite amount of space in the galaxy. If this space wasn’t being used, It would be a waste of space.
Superstition is a belief that cannot be proved right or wrong by people. One of the craziest superstitions I have heard is "If a bird poops on your car it's good luck". Well, I don't know about you, but I really don't want a bird pooping on my car even if it does bring good luck. The word Lunatic means insane and the word Loony means silly or goofy, but I really don't have much of an idea what Lunacy means, but it sounds like it has something to do with stars because it sounds a lot like the word Lunar. I don't really know if there is life on other planets. I know there can't be life on some of them because of the temprature, but it's hard to beleive that in our whole solar system the only life forms that exist live on Earth.
Shannon Yost
8th Period
Superstition is an irrational belief -- i.e., one held in spite of evidence to the contrary -- usually involving supernatural forces and associated with rituals.
Don't walk under a lader, don't open an umbrella inside a house, if a black cat walks in front of you that is bad luck.No there are no superstitions that i find unusual. Superstitions come from past generations.The words come from the word luna which mean moon.Yes I hope that there is life on other planets.I belevie that there is life on other planets becuase there is so much that man does not know about the universe.
Gabriella Constable
5th/6th period
Superstition is an nonuseable belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.I don't really believe in superstitions, but I have heard of plenty of them. Like for example, I have heard "Step on a crack, you'll break your mama's back" and "Put salt on the doorstep of a new house and no evil can enter" and "If you blow out all the candles on your birthday cake with the first puff you will get your wish" and things like that. I've heard lots of weird superstitions, but I don't really believe any of them.♥:%
Superstition is an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.
Some superstitions that i've heard of are when a boy is born under the waning moon, the next birth will be a girl, and vice versa, its bad luck to let a fire go out on New Year's Eve, cut your hair on Good Friday to prevent headaches in the year to come, and if you hear foot steps behind you on Halloween, don't look back. It may be the dead following you. Turning back could mean that you will very soon join the dead behind you.
Some unusual superstitions I can find are if a woman is buried in black, she will return to haunt the family, girls who carry a lamp to a spring of water on Halloween can see their future husband in the reflection, some believe if you catch a snail on Halloween night and lock it into a flat dish, in the morning you will see the first letter of your sweetheart written in the snail's slime, and to have one's garments caught up by a bush or briar when out walking is a promise of good luck, involving monetary gain.
Superstitions could come from hoaxes, mistaken observations, dreams, and hallucinations.
No I do not believe there is life on other planets. For one reason our planet is the only planet with oxygen and gravity on it.
Rachel Waskis
5-6th period.
A superstition is an old belief in anything that can affect a decision. I have heard that walking over your future grave will cause chills up your spine. I have also heard that spilling salt will cause bad luck and the only way to rid of it is to toss salt over your shoulder.Another is the belief that walking under a ladder will cause bad luck; opening an umbrella will cause bad luck. Superstitions come from folk tales, or from the frontier settlers,many of their superstitions are the belief that the seventh child of the seventh child had healing powers. Luny comes from the greek word Luna or Moon. I believe there is life on other planets because there are so many other things to be discovered in space. And for those who believe we are the only planet with oxygen and water, they are wrong, we have currently discovered a planet capable of harbouring alien life.
Superstition is a idea, or a story about something, that gives clues about what will happen in your life. I have heard many superstitions, such as, never to walk under a ladder, when the moon is full, there are more crimes. If you dream of death it's a sign of a birth, if you dream of birth, it's a sign of death. That is a very weird superstition that i found online. Superstitions came from all over the world, but they originated from europe. The words, loony, lunatic, and lunacy, all refer to being crazy. I highly dout there being life on another plantet, if there was we probably would have discovered them by now. Well, in our galaxy atleast. Maybe on another planet out of our galaxy there is. Who knows? Its a Possibility that life formed on another plantet if thats the way God intended it.
Mehgan Haskiell
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5/6th pd.
A superstition is a belief, practice, or rite irrationally maintained by ignorance of the laws of nature or by faith in magic or chance.
There are many superstitions. Some of them that I have heard of are the ones about salt, the ladder, and the black cat. If you spill salt you have to throw it over your shoulder so you do not have bad luck. Also if you walk under a ladder you will have bad luck. The one about the cat is if a cat crosses your path you will have bad luck.
Superstitions come from somebody making up a lie or something actually happening to somebody like a superstition. I think some of the time it is coincidence.
Lunatic, loony, and lunacy are generally words for crazy or insane. I kind of think there is life on other planets. But no one yet has proved it.
Alex Swiger 8th period
Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
I have heard of superstitions like dont walk under a ladder or you will have bad luck, or don't brake a mirrior or you will have 7 years of bad luck. I have also heard not to open an umbrella or you will have 2 years of bad luck.
Some unusual superstitions i have heard of is if you see a piece of salt then throw it over your shoulder, and putting salt in your car to keep evil spirits away.
The earliest English uses of the word in the modern era refer critically to Catholic practices such as censing, rosaries, holy water and other practices that Protestants believed went beyond - or were set up above - their own interpretation of the New Testament practices of Christianity. From there the uses of the term expanded to include non-Christian religious practices, and beliefs that seemed unfounded or primitive in the light of modern knowledge.
1) lunatic- a commonly used term for a person who is mentally ill, dangerous, foolish or unpredictable, a condition once called lunacy.
2)loony- a short phrase describing a lunatic.
3)lunacy-a person who is a lunatic.
I do not believe that there is life on any other planet except the earth because if the life lived one planet closer to the sun then they would srivle up because it would be too hot, and if they were a planet behind the earth then they would freeze because it would be too cold.
A superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like. Some superstitions about the moon are that it is made of cheese. Another superstition about the moon is that it "glows" not reflects light. Superstition come from people that either lie or have "coincidences". For instance if I had a rash on my hands and I washed my hands in a oak base then the rash went away and then I told someone else about it and it happened then it could become a superstition. loony-1853, Amer.Eng., short for lunatic, but also infl. by loon (2), which is noted for its wild cry and method of escaping from danger. Slang loony bin "insane asylum" is from 1919. Looney left in ref. to holders of political views felt to be extreme is from 1977. I believe that there is life on other planted because that if "out creator" made us the only living planet then I would be amazed because the world is supposed to be never-ending.
Drew Crouch 1st
Superstitions are beliefs or notions, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
Some superstitions I have heard are for Friday 13th. Like 'Step on a crack and you'll break your Mom's back' and 'Break a mirror and you'll have 7 years bad luck'. A weird superstition is 'If a bird poops on your car it is good luck'. Superstitions come from drawing correlation to causation.
Kayla Wyatt<3
7th period
A superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like. A superstition I have heard of is if you break a mirror you will have bad luck for seven years. I cant find any unusual superstitions or where they came from.
Loony- extremely or senselessly foolish.
Lunatic- an insane person.
Lunacy- intermittent insanity, formerly believed to be related to phases of the moon.
I think that there is life on other planets because the world is so big, how could there not be life on other planets?
Nick Trefz
8th period
I thought this video was very interesting. I am very superstitious myself. Superstition is believing in things that really can't be figured out or known. An unusual superstition is if someone sweeps your feet you go to jail, or if a bird flies in your window someone is going to die. Superstitions are passed down from generation to generation. They are usually made up if you do something and something happens that really doesn't have anything to do with it, you think it made it happen. I do believe there is life on other planets. Why is the planet there if noone lives on it? I think there could be people just like us on other planets. Wondering if our being is on this planet as well as us.
above comment ^ Emily Jordan 2nd period
Superstition is an irrational, but usually deep-seated belief in the magical effects of a specific action or ritual, especially in the likelihood that good or bad luck will result from performing it. An acorn should be carried to bring luck and ensure a long life. If think of five or six names of boys or girls you might marry, As you twist the stem of an apple, recite the names until the stem comes off. You will marry the person whose name you were saying when the stem fell off. Those are some examples of superstitions. Superstitions come from a magical effect that results in either good or bad luck. The words loony, lunacy, and lunatic all have an etymologies dealing with being insane.
I'm still not really sure about life on other planets. If there are other living creatures on other existing planets, they wouldn't be like your average human. Humans need oxygen, and water, etc to survive, and they couldn't especially on the gaseous planets.
- Madison Hoke 2nd pd.
Superstition is a belief that doesn't have any factual reason behind it but is believed because of a chance happening. Some of the superstitions that I have heard have to do with Friday the 13th and black cats. I have also heard that if you break a mirror or open an umbrella indoors then you will have bad luck. All of the superstitions that I have heard are unusual to me. Superstitions are really just stories of chance happenings that have been passed down and twisted from the original story through the generations. A lunatic is a person who is said to show signs of lunacy (see term below). You are said to be loony if your beliefs are strange or different from others. Also lunacy is the state that you are said to be in if you are loony. No, I don't believe that there is life on other planets, because if there was then we would have had some kind of sign by now.
Kristen Zirkle
2nd period
A supersttion is any belief, practice, or rite unreasonably upheld by faith in magic, chance, or dogma.
I have heard of a lot of superstitins like don't put up an umbrella in the house or it is bad luck, finding a four leaf clover is good luck, and black cat that crosses your path is bad luck.
The craziest one that I read was that if you play in fire you'll pee the bed.
I do believe there is life on another planet even if there not humans. The universe goes on forever and I think that somewhere out there there are others. I think it is wrong to think that we are the only ones in the whole universe.
George Corbin
7th period
Superstition is when you believe in something that is not real, for example ghosts or black cats crossing paths. One superstition that I have heard of is "Step on the crack, you break your mother's back."
Some superstitions that i have heard are black cats, spilling salt,the moloque, and breaking a mirror. I think that superstitions come from people trying to be funny and smart. I think that there is life on other planets because there has been some evidence of life on Mars. If there was no other life on planets, space would basically just be a waste of space.
Isabella Leon
8th period*
Superstition is a belief or notion in or of the significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
Some superstitions I have heard are for Friday 13th. Like 'Break a mirror and you'll have 7 years bad luck'. There is also 'If you spill salt throw it over your left shoulder'.
A weird superstition is 'If a bird poops on your car it is good luck'. Superstitions come from drawing correlation to causation.
Lunatic--affected with insanity by the moon
Lunacy--being a lunatic
Yes, there could possibly be life on other planets in other solar systems. I don't think that we are the only organisms the whole universe. I don't think we can be. We haven't explored other solar systems yet or been able to make machines that can yet, so we don't know if we are the only life. So yes I believe there could be life on other planets.
Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
some superstitions I know or have herd are, step on a crack and you'll break your mother's back, when you get a cold chill a ghost has just walked by, and my last one, when the back of your necklace is in the front make a wish as you put it back to the back.
The fear of Friday the 13th is rooted in ancient, separate bad-luck associations with the number 13 and the day Friday. The two unlucky entities combine to make one super unlucky day.
Superstitions are just made up by people over time.
Etymology for lunatic is affected with periodic insanity, dependent on the changes of the moon, "moon-struck". Etymology for loony, short for lunatic, which is noted for its wild cry and method of escaping from danger. Etymology for lunacy is condition of being a lunatic.
No, i do not believe that there are other life forms on planets, because there is no proof of life on any other planet in space, and i believe in what i herd when i was growing up "there is no life in space".
Alyssa linger 1st period
Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge. i herd that if you step on a crack etc.
all the l words mean crazy or bizarre. i don't think there is life on the other planets because we probably would've known by now.
anya<3♥♥♥
Superstition means to believe in something that can sometime happen but is not one hundred percent correct. I have just learned that it was believed that if you had chapped lips that you could lick that middle poll of a five poll fence. Or if a black cat should pass you by on Friday the 13th you would have bad luck. Superstitions came from the older days when people had no cures that they had to do something or many people would die or have bad medical problems. Some are just silly things people were told for fun.
Lunatic means to go insane
Loony means to go crazy
Lunacy means intermittent periods of insanity such as were believed to be triggered by the moon's cycle.
I don’t believe that there is life on other planets because it is either to0 hot to cold or not enough or no oxygen to live on. Yes there have been people to land on the moon but I dought there is life on the moon.
courtney s.
1st period
A superstition is any blindly accepted belief or notion. A superstition I have heard for years is “break a mirror and you’ll have 7 years of bad luck,” of course I do not completely believe this, but I’m not taking any chances. The superstition “it’s bad luck to walk under a ladder” is from Christian belief; they believed that the formation of a triangle (ladder against a wall) formed what they call the “Holy Triangle,” and ‘breaking’ through this would say you are in a league with the devil. I do not believe that there is life on other planets. The other planets have no livable atmosphere, plus have of the planets are made of only gases.
Ryan Wilson 5/6th period
A superstition is a certain belief. Some superstitions I have heard was that if you break a mirror you will have seven years of bad luck, or if you step on a crack you will break your mothers back. The most unusual superstition I have heard is that if your ear itches someone is talking about you. Most superstitions are passed down from generation to generation. Lunatic – affected with periodic insanity from the moon. Lunacy – irresponsible foolishness. Looney – extremely silly or foolish. I think there could be life on the moon or any other planet, just because the people on earth didn’t want to hide their existence doesn’t mean some other creature wants to do the same.
Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like. A few superstitions that I do believe in are breakings a mirror and you get seven years of bad luck, reading your horoscope out loud, and splitting a pole. I try to be careful and not do those things. A few unusual superstitions are the step on the crack, and the salt over the shoulder thing, I just don't understand these. They don't make sense to me. I do believe they're may be life on other planets, because different life forms adapt to different atmospheres. I also believe that why would the planets be out there if there isn’t life on it.
ali summers
2nd pd.
Superstition means belief or notion. When I was younger my dad told me Santa was real and I believed him. Some superstitions come from people's thought. The etymology for lunatic is insanity and for loony it means made for its wild cry. I now that there is not life on any other planets right now. But I heard one day that there might be life on mars. The reason is because there is no atsmoshere there.
A superstition is a belief that people base not on knoledge but based on thoughts.I heard the step on the crack thing,and the salt over the sholder thing too.they come from crazy people,lol♥.luony and physco are used i think.i dont think that there is lfe on other planets,if there was they prob. woulda visited♥♥
Superstition is a thought or belief not based on reason or knowledge. I have heard a few supertitions and one of them is "Pink sky in the morning saliors warning" "Pink sky at night saliors delight", these beliefs come from everyone and everywhere! I guess i belive there maybe some other life but i'm not sure because i've never been to another plant before.
Superstition is a thought or belief not based on reason or knowledge. I have heard a few supertitions and one of them is "Pink sky in the morning saliors warning" "Pink sky at night saliors delight", these beliefs come from everyone and everywhere! I guess i belive there maybe some other life but i'm not sure because i've never been to another plant before.
A superstition is a belief not always based on fact. One superstition I know of is if you break a mirror you will have seven years of bad luck. Another superstition I’m familiar with is if you see a black cat you will have bad luck. an unusual superstitions is basketball players make sure they wear the same underwear for every game or eat the same dinner for every game. I personally don’t believe in superstition but it is okay if you do. Shane Richardson 1st
A superstition is a a belief not based on reason or knowledge.Some superstitions that I have heard of are Friday the thirteenth, the salt over the shoulder, walking under a latter, and the black cat. I'm not really sure where superstitions come from, but people can make up superstitions. All of the terms, lunatic, loony, and lunacy almost mean crazy or insane.I'm not for sure if there is life on any other planet. There is a chance of life, but I don't know if I truly believe that there is life on any other planet.
taylor masters
2nd period
A superstition is a belief or notion that is not based on reason or knowledge. The word "superstition" means something standing above, or set above. Many superstitions came to be before and during the time of the Black Plague that swept over Eurpoe. Some old and unusual superstitions are : it is bad luck to change a horse's name, it is bad luck to let a fire go out on new year's eve, and that if you cut your hair on Good Friday, you will prevent headaches in the year to come. The words lunatic, loony, and lunacy all have a root word - lunar - which means moon. I don't really think that there is life on other planets, but I could be wrong.
Superstition is a belief like if you do something you will either have good luck or bad luck or even something will happen to you. If you break a mirror you will have bad luck for 6 years and if you step on a crack you will break your moms back.If you drop salt pick it up and throw it over your shoulder.The person who came up with superstitions was Albert Einstein.The etymology for the word lunatic is insane the etymology for the word loony is insane asylum and last but not least the etymology for the word lunacy is the condition of being a lunatic.I do belive there is life on other planets and the scienctist can't figure out a way to find it out. Also if there is people on other planets I would like to go to the other planet if it was possiable.
Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge.
It's bad luck to walk under a ladder, beware of Friday the thirteenth black cats are evil: these are some superstitions that are hard to believe.
Unlucky at cards, lucky at love, a dream of money is an omen of death, alwys wear beads and you'll never 4have a sore throat: unusual superstition.
Superstitions began centuries ago when our ancestors tried to explain mysterious circumstances or events as best as they could with the knowledge they had.
lunatic: "moon-struck"
loony: "insane asylum"
lunacy: "codition of being a lunatic"
I believe there is life on other planets because scientist found some sort of life on mars so yes i think there can and is life on diffrent planets.
~Cheyenne Braden~ ~period 5&6~
Superstition
According to Webster's dictionary, superstition is n. any belief that is inconsistent with the known laws of science or with what is considered true and rational; esp., such a belief in omens, the supernatural, etc.
Here are some suprstions that i have heard of:
Black cats have long been believed to be a supernatural omen since the witch hunts of the middle ages when cats were thought to be connected to evil. Since then, it is considered bad luck if a black cat crosses your path.
If an owl looks in your window or if you seeing one in the daylight bad luck and death will bestow you.
The fear of the number 13 is still common today, and avoided in many different ways. Some buildings still do not have an official 13th floor and many people avoid driving or going anywhere on Friday the 13th.
If the flame of a candle flickers and then turns blue, there's a spirit in the room.
Superstitions began centuries ago when our ancestors tried to explain mysterious circumstances or events as best as they could with the knowledge they had.c.1290, "affected with periodic insanity, dependent on the changes of the moon," from O.Fr. lunatique "insane," from L. lunaticus "moon-struck," from luna "moon." Cf. O.E. monseoc "lunatic," lit. "moon-sick;" M.H.G. lune "humor, temper, mood, whim, fancy" (Ger. Laune), from L. luna. Cf. also N.T. Gk. seleniazomai "be epileptic," from selene "moon." The noun meaning "lunatic person" is first recorded 1377. Lunatic fringe (1913) was apparently coined by U.S. politician Theodore Roosevelt. Lunatic soup (1933) was Australian slang for "alcoholic drink.
"1541, "condition of being a lunatic," formed in Eng. from lunatic (q.v.). Originally in ref. to intermittent periods of insanity, such as were believed to be triggered by the moon's cycle. The O.E. equivalent was monaðseocnes "month-sickness."
1853, Amer.Eng., short for lunatic, but also infl. by loon (2), which is noted for its wild cry and method of escaping from danger. Slang loony bin "insane asylum" is from 1919. Looney left in ref. to holders of political views felt to be extreme is from 1977.
Yes, there could be a possiblitiy that there mite be a chnace to have other earth creature living on other planets. I just think that we havent descovered all of the outerspace. Because scientist are thinking that they have found other plants.
A superstition is an irrational fear of what is unknown or mysterious, especially in connection with religion. Some superstitions that I have heard are if you give someone a treatment during a waning moon, it has more effect, and the seventh child of a seventh child has healing powers. Superstitions come from false ideas that people spread and believe to be true. The etymology for lunatic is "affected with periodic insanity, dependent on the changes of the moon," from O.Fr. lunatique "insane," from L. lunaticus"moon-struck," from luna "moon." The etymology for the word lunacy is "condition of being a lunatic," formed in Eng. from lunatic (q.v.). I think that there could be life onther planets, but we just haven't seen them yet.
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