Halloween is a holiday where you get to be anyone or anything you want to be, parade around your neighborhood scavenging for candy, and avoid any superstitions known to you.

One popular superstition is to avoid black cats; this can be dated back as far as the Middle Ages. This came to belief by people believing that witches would turn themselves into cats in order to hide from the public.

Walking under ladders during this time of year can be just as dangerous. This superstition is thought to have come from the ancient Egyptians, who had believed that triangles were sacred.

Some other superstitions include: avoid breaking mirrors, stepping on cracks in the road and spilling salt.

Halloween just isn’t full of superstitions and dressing up as someone different from you, there are many traditions and beliefs that we’ve forgotten.

In 18th century in Ireland, a matchmaking cook would bury a ring in her mashed potatoes on Halloween night hoping to bring true love to whoever consumed the dish. Young women did many things to try and find their “true love’” on Halloween night. They would toss apple-peals over their shoulders in hoping that the peels would form their true love’s initials on the floor, tried to learn about their futures by peering into egg yolks floating in a bowl of water, and would stand in front of a mirror in a dark room while holding a candle and searching for their husbands faces.

The question is whether or not to believe in one or not. Let’s say that you cross paths with a black cat on a regular day, would that bring you bad luck? Not necessarily. Just because a cat is black doesn’t mean it brings you bad luck, or if you break a mirror you most likely won’t have seven years of bad luck.