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Posted: 05-07-2013 08:27 Post subject:

I've always had this odd nervousness about found money. I'm convinced I was told by my grandad when I was very small that it was bad luck, and grew up thinking it was a regular superstition - until I got older and found out that no-one else seemed to have heard of it.

Oddly, although I'm generally not a superstitious person at all, I still am in this scenario - although I've found out it sometimes reaps benefits in the long run: every time I find a screwed up note on the floor of a boozer it goes straight in the tip jar, an act of charity which when applied regularly tends to be reciprocated with free pints.

Has enyone else ever heard of such a superstition, or was my grandad trying to scare me out of my pocket money? (Hmm, thinking about it now, my dad's dad was a bit of a rogue - I can't imagine he'd have had troubles with his conscience spending someone else's money.)

Posted: 05-07-2013 16:22 Post subject:

Interesting. Finding a penny was always good luck in our family, altho I'm sure my mum would have put any larger sums into the nearest charity pot.

I have said on FTMB's before about being totally broke and then finding money, which I saw as good luck, so ummm, I don't know.

This story just sounds like it was older people, maybe in ill health already, getting worried & stressed over some money - they then die and everyone thinks its the money what done it! Confused

Posted: 07-07-2013 21:59 Post subject:

Posted: 07-07-2013 22:51 Post subject:

I stumbled across some money on the floor at work last week (£2), and nobody claimed it. Yesterday I picked up a 5p piece.

I hope this is lucky money, and not cursed. Smile

Posted: 08-07-2013 08:10 Post subject:

I often find pound coins on the floor, and I tend to buy a lottery ticket with it - if I'm lucky enough to find a pound maybe my luck will carry on & I'll get the jackpot. As yet this hasn't been the case Crying or Very sad

Posted: 08-07-2013 21:55 Post subject:

I never find money, but then I do tend to look at the sky a lot! I've never heard of found money being unlucky.

Posted: 11-07-2013 01:27 Post subject:

Find a penny pick it up, all that day you’ll have good luck,
Give that penny to a friend and your luck will never end.

Posted: 11-07-2013 12:42 Post subject:

I think I might be affected by cursed money,

Whenever I find a lost sum of money (£5+) and keep it for myself something bad always happens shortly afterwards. Once for instance I found a £10 and kept it rather than hand it in, and afterwards had an accident that nearly broke my finger. I was in agony.

I think what really convinced me was going into Tesco with a friend to buy some milk. We went to the self service checkout and I found a £10 someone had left behind. He urged me to keep it and I declined, saying that when I do something bad happens afterwards. He laughed, said it was nonsense and that I should just take it, so I did.

No sooner had I stepped away from the checkout then the bottom of my carrier bag ripped open and the milk bottle hit the floor and split open, causing 4 pints of milk to erupt over the entire floor! And since that was the last semi-skimmed in the store I had to patiently wait for 10 minutes next to a giant milk lagoon whilst they went into the storeroom for a replacement.

Needless to say my friend was gobsmacked and now believes me. Nowadays if I find lost £10 notes I put them straight in a charity box Laughing