Saturday, March 8, 2008

Ten urban myths of Bangladesh

  1. Sweeping room at night can cause harm.
  2. Cutting nail at night can cause harm.
  3. If any black cat crosses ones way, he will get hart.
  4. Room should be clean up at the very morning or it can cause harm to the house.
  5. If milk drops, some thing bad is going to happen in the house.
  6. If any one heard dog crying it means some one is going to die.
  7. Scratching of hand brings money.
  8. Scratching of feet gives a sign to go abroad.
  9. Going to roofs at the night can lead to a mental state where he or she can behave like some one else.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Very good list of urban myths. These are very relevant to modern Bangladeshi society. Thank you, I am learning a lot from everyone's posts, including this one.

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