Taboo Stuff

[peh-boo]

they also said during funeral wakes must make sure no cat, especially black pregnant cats, jumps over the deceased or else ‘he/she’ might wake up.

true or not not sure leh.

[Augmum]

LKVM:

Augmum:

oh.....for this, i had a \"strange encounter\" when i was in one of the hotel's room.....

i could see the images of the movement of my bedroom slippers, (i was lying on the bed)after which i remembered this saying, i quickly moved my slippers,
placing one of them upside down.
immed i woke my hub up, but he could not see anything after i had moved my slippers :roll:
and he din believe what i had seen

:!: :!: my gosh that was scary... shouldnt be putting the shoes properly from now on(in hotel)

yes, lkvm, it was indeed scary when i first noticed the \"dancing images of my bedroom slippers\"
but i told myself, Cool down, don't be nervous, let's watch what happened next.......... :roll:

[Augmum]

peh-boo:

maybe last time people lived in kampong no door one mah so maybe now not valid anymore lor.

the old folks still very particular about it now..........

[Augmum]

thebusybee:

the Taoists have strong belief of Taboo & superstitious stuffs.

Only the deads are placed facing the main door with legs pointing at it. The coffins of my grandma & dad's are placed facing e house entrance like that in the 2 funeral wakes not long ago. That was taoist ceremony, not sure if Buddhism and other religions do the same way?

We were told since young not to sleep at position with legs directly facing the door, maybe that brings bad luck?

i heard that in hospital wards, when the dead are pushed out of the ward,
it will be in a position where the legs are pushed out of the door entrance first before the head....
don't know how true it is.

[Nebbermind]

peh-boo:

maybe last time people lived in kampong no door one mah so maybe now not valid anymore lor.

no, I think last time people don't wear underwear so very unsightly to sleep with legs pointing to door! :lol:

[peh-boo]

Augmum:

i heard that in hospital wards, when the dead are pushed out of the ward,
it will be in a position where the legs are pushed out of the door entrance first before the head....
don't know how true it is.

there are 2 schools of thoughts in this case:
1) hospital policy
2) folk-lore

1) hospital policy: legs out 1st instead of head in case along the way got emergency trolley crashed into the corpse trolley the legs kana chopped off 1st rather than the head flies away.
2) folk-lore: if head 1st is like other people may also follow the way since head means leader mah.

[movemoveny]

peh-boo:

there are 2 schools of thoughts in this case:
1) hospital policy
2) folk-lore

1) hospital policy: legs out 1st instead of head in case along the way got emergency trolley crashed into the corpse trolley the legs kana chopped off 1st rather than the head flies away.
2) folk-lore: if head 1st is like other people may also follow the way since head means leader mah.

Yeah this one is correct !!!

[sall]

Haha, Peh-boo, you really have a sense of humour. :lol:

[peh-boo]

sall:

Haha, Peh-boo, you really have a sense of humour. :lol:

haha...thank u thank u just trying to crack some jokes to make everyone happy then can de-stress abit mah otherwise too much pressure inside n outside can make people kuku lor.

[jedamum]

thebusybee:

the Taoists have strong belief of Taboo & superstitious stuffs.

Only the deads are placed facing the main door with legs pointing at it. The coffins of my grandma & dad's are placed facing e house entrance like that in the 2 funeral wakes not long ago. That was taoist ceremony, not sure if Buddhism and other religions do the same way?

We were told since young not to sleep at position with legs directly facing the door, maybe that brings bad luck?

legs facing door is known as 'coffin position' according to FS.
there are several 'cures' if your bed layout is restricted to this position; you can googled it if you are concerned.
before i was married, my bed was all along facing the bedroom door. hence i slept with my head facing the door as i remembered reading somewhere that it is better to sleep head facing door way as it is the natural way that one enters the world. when we were staying at my ILs' place where 4 of us squeezed in one bedroom and my dh had to sleep in front of the door, i also told him to sleep with head facing the door.