Samurai Superstitions

Last night there was a short TV program about superstitions. While the focus of the program was mainly on quizzing the audience about superstitions in other countries, they did mention a few Japanese superstitions. For example:

Back in the olden days, it was believed that stepping in horse shit would make you run faster. It makes sense, right? After all, horses are able to run pretty fast, so their poop must contain some sort of speed-enhancing ability.

8 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - November 19, 2006 at 4:03 pm

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waista

Maybe it just made their sandals more grippy.
http://www.japanprobe.com James (admin)

Well, I think that various kinds of feces would have the same grippy effect. To really make you fast, it’s gotta be horse shit.
Aekutopia

Well…I was borned on the “horse year”,Uma.
So I might be the one who run pretty fast naturally and
would run more faster if I step in Japanese horse shit….LOL
http://beppuhatto.blogspot.com Joel

You know what I think… bullshit
http://www.transpacificradio.com/ Garrett

You know, I was skeptical of this at first, but I figured I go for empirical evidence and try a little experiment, so I went and stepped in some horseshit and went for a run.
At first the horseshit was just heavy and sticky, so I chalked it up in the horseshit superstitions column and went home.

That’s when the magic kicked in. As soon as I stepped into the genkan, my wife caught a whiff of what I was up to and came after me with a broom and, gentlemen, I tell you I ran like the wind, like I have never run before.
Takashi

Are u idiot really gonna believe this bullcrap!?!
Takashi

Are u idiot(s) really gonna believe this bullcrap!?!

sorry for the mistake!
http://www.japanprobe.com James (admin)

Takashi:

It’s not bullcrap, it’s horse crap. Get it right.

Samurai Superstitions

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