If your left eye jumps, a love one/friend may be in trouble.If your left eye jumps, a loved one/friend is doing something behind your back.If your right eye jumps, you'll see someone you haven't seen in a long time.If your left eye jumps, someone is saying bad things about you.* (If you think of the name of people you know, when you name the right person-who is speaking badly about you-your eye will stop jumping.) (Roberts 1927: 161) If your right eye jumps, someone is speaking well of you.If your left eye jumps, you are going to hear bad news (Roberts 1927: 161). If your right eye jumps, you are going to hear good news.The superstition has multiple parts and meanings depending on which eye is affected: It concerns an involuntary eye spasm known colloquially as when your eye "jumps"-or twitches without warning or reason. There is one, however, that I have grown up with that seems unique to Trinidadians. These beliefs reflect the ways ideas and explanations have been blended here-and elsewhere-in the face of globalization. Trinidadians have a rich collection of superstitions, many of which found their way to the island via colonialism. This post originally appeared on AiP on October 25, 2010-and it was selected as a ResearchBlogging Editor's Selection! Ed Note: Our foray into the spooky and superstitious continues with this look at a popular West Indian belief.
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