Are you superstitious?

I was brought up to avoid walking under ladders and to be careful cleaning mirrors, in case they smashed and brought bad luck for seven years. To this day I have avoided walking under a ladder, and to my knowledge have never broken a mirror.

I feel quite pleased if a black cat crosses my path but have never bothered avoiding cracks in the pavement as some people do.

My mother always picked up spilled salt and threw it over her left shoulder and I do too, if I remember.

I leave an opened umbrella in the porch if it’s wet with rain but never remember knocking on wood.

So, to answer the question ‘Are you superstitious?’ I will have to answer yes and no.