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Superstition is a belief for which there appears to
be no rational substance. Many persons, in nearly all times, have held, seriously or
half-seriously,
irrational beliefs concerning methods of warding
off ill or bringing good, foretelling the future, and healing or preventing sickness or
accident. A few specific folk traditions, such as belief in the evil
eye have been found in most periods of history and in most parts of the world. Others
may be limited to one country, region, or village, to one family, or to one social or
vocational group. Superstition has been deeply influential in history. Even in so-
called modern times, in a day when objective evidence is highly valued, there are few
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