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Seven years for breaking a mirror - why?

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lisaj | 20:58 Fri 12th Jul 2002 | History
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What is the origin of the superstition that breaking a mirror brings seven years of bad luck?
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Click http://www.csicop.org/superstition/library/mirrors
.html for a good answer to this and other mirror superstitions.
11:11 Sat 13th Jul 2002
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yes... but why *seven* years?
11:59 Sat 13th Jul 2002
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Probably for no other reason than the fact that the number 7 is frequently seen in religious/mythological/superstitious settings. The world was supposedly created in 7 days and happy people claim to be "in 7th heaven". 7 is generally seen as lucky - though with mirror-breaking it's UNlucky - as compared to 13, which is always unlucky...probably on the basis that there were 13 people at the Last Supper, one of whom was a traitor.
08:52 Sun 14th Jul 2002
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It comes from the Victorian age in Britain - it would cost a servant 7 years worth of wages if she broke the mirror of her employer.
11:57 Mon 29th Jul 2002

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