Wedding Superstitions Treasure Hunt

By Uliana Klockova

For this assignment, you will first do some research about the problem of superstitions. Then summarize and explain your research to your groupmates in a brief talk.

Read the article 11 wedding superstitions and traditions explained.

Will you follow these traditions on the day of your own wedding?

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/06/living/matrimony-superstitions/index.html

Answer the questions:

1)     What are superstitions? What are the most popular superstitions? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-superstition.htm

http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/folklore/f/superstition1.htm

http://www.country1067.com/2014/02/05/everyday-superstitions/

2)     What Russian superstitions do you know? What are the most popular superstitions in Russia?

http://www.aerotranslate.com/russian-culture/russian-superstitions-in-everyday-life.html

http://www.russian-language-for-lovers.com/russian-superstition.html

            http://rbth.com/articles/2010/09/07/twelve_russian_superstitions04931.html

3)     What are the superstitions about a black cat in different countries?

http://rbth.com/articles/2010/09/07/twelve_russian_superstitions04931.html

4)     What are the strangest superstitions in the world?

http://itthing.com/weird-superstitions-that-are-crazy-and-creepy

5)     What is the Superstition Mountain? Where is it situated?

http://www.ajpl.org/aj/superstition/index.htm

6)     What Ancient superstitions do you know?

http://www.catalogs.com/info/history/common-superstitions.html

7)     Are there a lot of similarities between Japanese and Russian superstitions? Compare them.

http://www.catalogs.com/info/history/common-superstitions.html

http://www.inyourpocket.com/russia/st-petersburg/Russian-superstitions_71055f

8)     What are good luck wedding superstitions? What are good luck wedding symbols? What days are good for wedding?

http://monarch13.hubpages.com/hub/wedding_traditions

9)      What do you know about death superstitions? Did you hear about them before? Do you believe in them?

http://dying.about.com/od/funeralsandmemorials/tp/13-Death-And-Dying-Superstitions.htm