These deeply rooted habits follow farm kids into their eighties and beyond.

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Whimsy started as a feeling. Now there are guides, outfit tutorials and Amazon wishlists for it. Something got lost along the ...

Fairies were not always viewed as the sparkly, winged beings that they are in many popular contemporary children’s stories. Across time and cultures, they have long been seen as capricious and ...

I don’t remember when it started; the knocking on wood, the 11:11 wishes, the quiet bargains whispered into the dark on nights when everything felt too heavy. I always said I wasn’t superstitious, but ...

Superstitions are fascinating beliefs that exist in every culture. They may seem strange or amusing at first glance, but they reveal surprising aspects of our societies, traditions, and ways of seeing ...

Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, commences with the second new moon following December's winter solstice, typically falling somewhere between late January and late February annually ...

Micah Goldwater receives funding from The Australian Research Council. As kids, many of us are told that if we go outside with wet hair, we’ll catch a cold. And as adults, we might spend an extra few ...

Chiam (standing, second from right) and her family wear bright clothes on the first day of celebrations. Photo: Jaclyn Chiam On the first day of Chinese New Year, many things are deliberately left ...

When a culture trends, it looks like acceptance. What it feels like on the ground is a different question entirely.

A total lunar eclipse — often called a Blood Moon — has sparked awe, fear and ritual across centuries. Whether it signals good fortune or trouble depends on the culture. When Earth moves between the ...

The proximity of the Superstition Mountains to metro Phoenix is one of the key reasons unsuspecting hikers run into trouble there. The Arizona Republic reports that authorities in Pinal and Maricopa ...