who started the custom of breaking the wishbone for luck? and when was it started?
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Does your family fight over the wishbone from the Thanksgiving turkey? Known as a "lucky break" the tradition of tugging on either end of a fowl's bone to win the larger piece and its accompanying "wish" dates back to the Etruscans of 322 B.C. The Romans brought the tradition with them when they conquered England and the English colonists carried the tradition on to America
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Skull & Bone Society. It fits him. \nIt's a shame sh*t like this still exists in the USA.
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http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/aforigin.html you will find all the answers about April fools on this site their are many different theories as to where it originated from enjoy the page.
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http://www.wishafriend.com
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New Orleans' Mardi Gras revelers will spend today downing Hurricanes, gawking at naked flesh, and begging paraders for colored beads with the traditional plea, "Throw me something, mister!" How did the bead-throwing custom begin?\n\nThe first recorded instances of Mardi Gras paraders tossing souvenirs to the crowd date back to the 1840s, when revelers costumed as aristocrats threw out baubles and sugar-coated almonds. Other, less savory characters preferred "trick" to "treat" and pelted onlookers with an assortment of dirt, flour, and quicklime. The dissemination of handouts—or "throws," in Mardi Gras parlance—is widely believed to have derived from festival customs in Renaissance Europe, where pre-Lenten carnivals often involved projectiles (hurled about after villagewide ale-and-mead binges). Some historians theorize that the tradition has roots in a pagan post-winter ritual, during which lucky peasants who'd survived the cold months celebrated by throwing milled grain into the fields—an offering of gratitude to the deity (or deities) who had given them enough food to last.\n\nGlass beads did not become a New Orleans Mardi Gras staple until the 1880s, after Anglo-American "krewes" had formed to organize the loose-knit festivities. Legend has it that the first parade participant to use beads was a man dressed up as Santa Claus; the ornamental strands were such a hit that other krewes picked up on the ritual. By 1900, when at least 100,000 tourists a year flocked to the Crescent City for Mardi Gras, beaded throws were ubiquitous.\n\nContinue Article\nwhy you fly national\n\nToday's plastic-or-aluminum beads have earned substantial notoriety for their role in a sexual bartering system; women often bare their breasts for a strand or two. (And sometimes go the Full Monty for a particularly enticing throw.) Despite claims that this custom dates back decades, a 1996 paper in the academic journal Social Forces could trace the beads-for-nudity movement only back to the 1970s.\n\nBonus Explainer: A krewe known as "Zulu" has become famous for handing out (not throwing) Mardi Gras coconuts in lieu of beads. The practice ceased briefly in the 1980s, owing to liability concerns—no insurance company would cover Zulu, fearing that an errant coconut might dent a merrymaker's skull. Zulu leaders appealed to the Louisiana state legislature, pointing out that beads and other Mardi Gras trinkets were exempted from liability laws. In 1987, then-Governor Edwin Edwards signed the "Coconut Bills," adding Zulu's heavy, oblong handouts to the list.
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The origin of this custom has been much disputed. Many theories have been suggested.\n\nWhat seems certain is that it is in some way or other a relic of those once universal festivities held at the vernal equinox, which, beginning on old New Years day, the 25th of March, ended on the 1st of April.\n\nIt has been suggested that Europe derived its April-fooling from the French. France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day (which was already celebrated by many), by decree of Charles IX. This was in 1564, even before the adoption of the Gregorian calendar (See Julian start of the year). Thus the New Year's gifts and visits of felicitation which had been the feature of the 1st of April became associated with the first day of January, and those who disliked or did not hear about the change were fair game for those wits who amused themselves by sending mock presents and paying calls of pretended ceremony on the 1st of April. French and Dutch references from 1508 and 1539 respectively describe April Fools' Day jokes and the custom of making them on the first of April.
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Zach Gowen \n\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Gowen
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Don't have more than one date a week. Forget about the rhyme crap. It could be "In 1493 Columbus sailed the deep blue sea." The what?
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Term: Luck [origin of place name]\n\nDefinition: Township in Polk, county named by Daniel F. Smith, its organizer, who when asked why he chose a name as peculiar replied, "I propose to be in 'Luck' the balance of my life. Wis. Necrology. vol 7. p. 35.
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Charles Babbage\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage
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The idea of the wishing well came from the ancient Pagan practice of dropping offerings into wells, shafts and springs. You see, these are the mouth of the Earth, and so this is a way of feeding the Earth offerings OR, the offerings may have been dedicated to ancestors. Either way, offerings were feverishly thrown into pits and springs in times of trouble in hopes that the Gods (or perhaps ancestors) would hear their prayers and save them. Archaeologists have found many things that people wouldn't just throw away. Gold and silver jewelry and cups for example. Bones as well, perhaps other things were dropped in that have since decayed like fruit, clothing, etc. Wine and milk may also have been poured in. \n\nThus the wishing well.\n\nYou can still find many of these across the British Isles.
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That is a worldwide superstition involving the believed unlucky number 13
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A person makes their own luck by believing in themselves. Literally. Good luck and fortune are attracted to people who keep high spirits and are optimistic. People who are always pessimistic attract nothing but bad luck and negative energy. Above all, maintain hope, courage, and confidence, as these are the qualities found irresistible by that fickle creature known as Lady Luck.
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Oracle Bones!! Really a very interesting story. Check out the link below (with pictures):
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how about Billy Bob Thornton?  He is scared of antiques, because antiques are haunted?!  I dunno!
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robert louis stevenson\n\nwho knows when
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the question to ask is, when was nine pin bowling created/inveted/first played, \n\nsometime in ancient egypt was when the game originated, or something similar to it.