Saturday Whistling Superstition
One well known theatrical superstition
is this: It is bad luck to whistle in a
theater (or back stage). But why?
Early on, those who worked the rigging
(ropes) backstage were sailors. They quite literally, “knew the ropes”. To
communicate with each other, the sailors used whistles as signals. Obviously,
if a dancer or actor whistled, it could confuse the whole operation, and ruin the
show. Bad luck indeed!
So there is (was) a logical reason why
whistling in a theater or backstage was said to be bad luck.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Superstition #106:
“It is bad luck to
whistle in a theater.”
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Nobody
likes a whistler, particularly not the divinity that shapes our ends.”
― Douglas Adams, The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story
― Douglas Adams, The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story
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