Tag: superstitions
Argentina: Der de Messi and superstitions, the difficult management of the emotions of Argentines
From our Special Envoy in Doha, Memories of a near opener for Argentina in the World Cup final. It was in 2014, the sand of Copacabana was teeming with Albiceleste…
Ice saints, knock on wood… Tell us your family superstitions
Tremble gardeners and farmers, the Ice Saints are making their comeback from May 11 to 13. According to popular belief, the three Saints: Saint Mamert (May 11), Saint Pancrace (May…
The Gauls set off on an expedition against superstitions and fake news
These assholes of Romans got it into their heads to hunt the Griffin, an imaginary creature half-eagle, half-lion, in the Great East of the known world, deep in the barbarian…
The starting order of the final, a story of statistics and superstitions
On May 16, 2021, in Rotterdam, Barbara Pravi, France’s representative at Eurovision Song Contest, presents the ballot drawn by lot ensuring her a passage in the second half of the…