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Charles (Chuck) Bryant

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Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

Yeah, take it to a party.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

And then the old throw salt over your shoulder, over your left shoulder, is a great way to get rid of any bad luck if you believe in that kind of thing.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

Yeah, you and Emily both.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

Love the break glass.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

I think the Greeks, though, you know, it can be a celebratory thing, obviously, at a Greek celebration to ward off evil spirits or anyone who's ever been to a Jewish wedding.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

Stomping on that wine glass is one of the great traditions.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

No.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

Or your poor grandma's mirror because apparently that will cause the mirror to tarnish and maybe even turn into an image of that person who is deceased.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

Yeah.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

And baggage, honestly.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

For sure.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

You know, that's shrink territory.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

Yeah, that's right.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

Other people thought that demons could escape through the mirror, like go from the nonliving world into the living.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

And so covering a mirror if someone passes like there's a lot of mirror covering happening in these situations.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

Yeah, that's right.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

But with marriage, it could also be a good thing because apparently this superstition, if you after you get married and you say I do, if you look into a mirror and the short time after that, you will be uniting your soul.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

And it creates apparently an alternate universe where the two souls can live forever together.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

Yeah.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

What's sweeter?