No bounds

It seems some beliefs are beyond bounds regardless of culture. I saw a woman sprinkling some white granules around her coffee shop as early as 7:30 am. Never asked her yet I presumed it was salt. I never thought of it as sugar, though. In my home country, it is a belief to shoo in customers and stomp out bad luck. Her shop's garden is surrounded with pinkish and greenish foliage and some little purple flowers. Is that not enough assurance that customers would flow in?
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if it was like this i would stop and get a coffee for sure.
She sounds like a real trier even though its a silly supersticious thing to do. Gotta love her for that.yay wave
salt is believed to ward off bad spirits , maybe sugar makes them less aggressive laugh wave
It could be chalk, maybe the floor is slippery & she doesn't want her customers to fall over rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
z if its chalk wouldnt that make the floor more slippery? unless you're talking bout the ground
Cherrie, It surely would, just checking to see if you were awakerolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
Yes people are very superstitios, they only belive in those stupid things. doh
@Simmo, it's not as beautiful as your coffee shop. but even if it is, I still won't step in. It's freezing in here.
@Waf, despite of the modernity and in this highly developed country doing such a belief of olden times looks funny yet a bit adorable.
@Cherriebabe,Yes salt wards off bad spirit. That's why I'm not coming in ever.
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@Z, if it's chalk, then she must be a teacher or a former teacher.
@Chingching, maybe so. But then doing so would destroy the soil composition isn't it. Not sure though.
@Lazly, sure superstitious beliefs is still practice by some people in almost all cultures perhaps.
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A simple lady who until now keeps on finding the real meaning of life, its wonders and magic. And by the way, I'm a Filipina who's been living in Japan for around 25 yrs. Been receiving mails insinuating I'm Japanese. Iam not a poser. I'm a Filipino. [read more]

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