PUPIL’S RESEARCH WORK:“SUPERSTITIONS AND OMEN IN GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA”
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Pupil’s research work : “Superstitions and omen in Great Britain and Russia ”

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Why do we choose this theme? The knowledge of superstitions and omens expands our nation about the country and allows to understand its history and customs of the English people. We’d like to know if the pupils of our school believe in superstitions and omens or not. We’ve read a lot of materials in the Internet.

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The aim of the study: To learn more about superstitions and omens of Great Britain. To find out the number of pupils who trust in superstitions and omens. To improve our English. To practice in English grammar and translation.

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Tasks of the research work : To define the words “superstition” and “omen”. To make a list popular superstitions and omens in Great Britain and Russia . To find similar omens with Russia. To sum up about the role of superstitions and omens in people’s life and the culture of the country.

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W hat does it mean “superstition” and “omen”? Superstition is a belief in supernatural causality: that one event leads to the cause of another without any physical process linking the two events, such as astrology, omens, witchcraft, etc., that contradicts natural science. Omen is an event regarded as a portent of good or evil.

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There are a lot of different superstitions and omens in Great Britain. But some of them are similar with Russians. In you can find the superstitions in Great Britain about money, good or bad luck, weather, holidays.

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A horseshoe over the door of a new home brings good luck. But the horseshoe must be the right way up. The luck runs out of a horseshoe if it's upside down.

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Money superstitions Money is the most important part of comfortable life. But it is not always explainable why one person has to work hard to earn them and the other hasn’t. Perhaps this injustice became the main reason of formation of some money superstitions.

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Money Superstitions If you scratch your left hand, you will give money away .

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Money superstitions If you always pick up burnt matches instead of leaving them laying you will find money .

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Luck Superstitions Black cats bring good luck

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Clover is a small plant. Usually it has three leaves, but a few have four. A clover with four leaves brings good luck .

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On the first day of the month it's lucky to say "White rabbits".

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Luck Superstitions Catch falling leaves in autumn and you'll have good luck . Never open an umbrella in the house. That's very bad luck .

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It's good luck to see two magpies.

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Wedding bound boots and Empty cans to a car OF the newlyweds will attract good fortune

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Put the onion under your pillow at night before St. Thomas and see your future husband in a dream . The spouse who first falls asleep after the wedding, the first die.

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If the soup pops out of hand it is good. Before the wedding, the bride must go swimming in the mud and then she will have a happy family life.

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Bad Superstitions Don't walk under a ladder. Never break a mirror - that means seven years' bad luck.

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New shoes could not be put on the table. Failure will haunt those who will see the bat.

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Let the tea during welding are not recommended to be bad news . A clean handkerchief, you must first deploy and then fold again, before putting in your pocket-otherwise wait for trouble.

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If two people begin to stir the embers in the fireplace at the same time, it predicts they soon quarrel.

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The number thirteen is very unlucky . Friday the 13th is a very unlucky date .

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Weather Superstitions I f the swallows fly low above the ground - the rain . If the sky at night is covered with clouds and the wind speed increases, frosts will not . I f the rain puddles bubbles - the rain will be a long.

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Survey among pupils We conducted a survey among 96% of the students and have found out that: 72% of the pupils believe in superstitions, 14% of them do not believe in superstitions and 10% do not know.

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Conclusions Superstitions and omens are argued about for a long time. And people of absolutely different professions, different characters and temperaments debate about it. But this is your own affair to believe in them or not.

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Conclusions On the one hand superstitions and omens make our life more various, on the other hand they can complicate our way of life. That’s why you should be sensible and don’t let the superstitions to rule over you.

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Sources: https://www.google.ru http://www.cherniy-kot.ru http://ru.wikipedia.org http://www.yandex.ru http://svadba.passion.ru www. study.ru Oxford American Dictionary

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Thank you for attention !