Saturday Superstition White Lighter
This superstition comes from the world
of musicians. Apparently, it is believed that carrying a white lighter will
bring bad luck or dire consequences and anyone who carries one is cursed.
It is said that Janis Joplin, Jim
Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain all had a white lighter on them when
they died. Hmmm… this would seem to make this a relatively new (historically
speaking) superstition. I’ve never heard this belief in the dance world, but
that doesn’t mean it isn’t there.
Some say this superstition originated at
the 27 Club, but in 2017, Snopes.com published
an article stating that the Bic Company didn’t make white disposable lighters
until several years after the musician’s deaths.
Therefore, it appears that this superstition
is simply an urban legend.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Superstition #172:
“Never carry a white lighter.”
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“If you
ask me I don’t think there are any such things as curses. I think there is only
life. That’s enough.”
― Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
― Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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