Lao Superstitions
Here are some Lao superstitions we grew up with or have heard! Please email us if you have more to add to the list.
If you sing at the dinner table, you will have an old husband. - aebaybayy
If you have a hairy back, you’ll never get married. - sparkleness
If you don't wash dishes really clean, you will have a dirty spouse. - serakoulabdara
If you don’t share your food you’ll choke in your sleep. - monkee_bear
How you roll your egg rolls is how your spouse will look like. (Ex. Short and stubby egg rolls= short and stubby spouse) - amppsss
If you don’t close the thip khao, your boyfriend will break up with you. - saopadaek
If you eat laying down, you’ll turn into a snake. - dannisseu
If you have a mole by your eye, you cry too much. If you have a mole by your mouth, you talk too much. - saopadaek
If you sleep with your palm up, you’ll become a begger. - dannissseu
If you kiss a baby’s feet, they’ll be a good runner. If you kiss their hands, they’ll be good at stealing. - saopadaek
If you sleep with your arms crossed, you'll choke your self to death in your sleep. - dannissseu
If you put your feet on pillows you might as well die. - saopadaek
Don’t eat the chickens tails or you are gonna be divorced when you get older. - vidyasouksabai
Don’t have your pillow facing head to head with the toilet wall. - lahllipop