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Pumpkin superstitions master post!
These are just superstitious beliefs from where I live. As I’ve said pumpkins are a HUGE thing for us cause they grow everywhere and are really helpful for us lower class folk for eating when wirk gets more unpleasant in the colder months.
~The Superstitions~
Pumpkins are a symbol of protection specially jack O lanterns but just having a pumpkin on your doorstep is fine as well.
Those that carry pumpkin seeds and willing to give them are seen as warmer souls that have a deep connection to nature and animals.
Be kind towards pumpkins and they’ll be give back that kindness 10 fold.
Pumpkim seeds of any kind even treated with kindness are thought to ward off evil, ill intent yet attract the fae and kind spirits.
If you’re in a bind making a circle of pumpkin seeds is used for protection.
Making a circle of pumpkin seeds under a full moon at twilight is used to contact fae and kind spirits.
It’s believed planting pumpkin seeds will grant you luck + protection because a pumpkin never forget a kindness given abd will repay that kindness 10 fold.
Eating pumpkin on the 8th and 11th of October and the 6th of November is used in old fertility superstitions.
We were always told to thank the pumpkin patch when we get a pumpkin. It’s a sign of respect.
“ With every pumpkin there is a jack, best always remember that ”
As a kid I was told the tale of pumpkin headed jack aka a innocent witch that was beheaded by the church and burried in a pumpkin patch, it’s believed if you wish on a seed and plant it that jack will grant your wish.
Pumpkins are used in witchcraft such as clairvoyance, divination and spirit work since they’re believed to list the veil.
As a kid, since there was so many pumpkin patches we were told to never smash pumpkins or else the pumpkin people would be mad at us. These are supposedly pumpkin faeries.
The color pumpkin orange symbolizes confidence, independence, cheerful joy and enthusiasm.
Wearing pumpkin orange when down is thought to cause the wearer to have better creativity, emotional balance, understanding of sexuality, harmony, passion, freedom, intuition, and better expression of emotions.
Hooligan and mini tiger striped pumpkins are for keeping your lover in check if you catch my drift. They’ll ward off any would be home wreckers.
Mini tiger striped seeds or dried out pieces are often used in jewlrey for protection and bravery.
Different pumpkins have different meanings.
Jack-be-little pumpkins and other smaller pumpkin types like baby boo, munchkin, sugar babies, wee-be-little and sweetie pies are often placed in windows to welcome in passed on family members and kind spirits.
The fairytale pumpkin also known as musquee de Provence is specifically used for faery work.
French heirlooms, warty goblins, black kats, midnights and miniwarts pumpkins are believed to only be grown by witches because they are either knobby or have some sort of black shading causing them to look rather wicked.
We were always told kissing and making a wish on a Cinderella pumpkin will come true.
Sweetie pie pumkins are often given to lovers as a romantic gesture.
Gooligan pumpkins are often gifted { more like left at the doorstep or drive way } of those you hate.
Wee-be-little pumpkins and wee-be-little seeds are often gifted to pregnant people as a symbol of protection for the baby.
Small sugar pumkins also known as sugar babies are used in love and kindness pies often a gift for those you care for wishing them happiness.
Pumpkin seeds placed under the pillow can ward off bad dreams.
Planting a seed from the Casper pumpkin in a evil person’s yard binds their evil.
Super moon pumpkins and silver moon pumpkins are used in hardcore spiritual work and often used to tackle trauma.
If a ghost white pumpkin grows in your yard then someone will die.
If a red warty pumpkin grows in your yard then someone has placed a blood hex on you.
Kissing a pumpkin seed on your wedding day and planting it is thought to make your marrige grow strong.
Pumpkins are kept in the windows of children to keep away evil and protect them.
As a kid I was told every speckled hound pumpkin has the spirit of a dead dog in them so planting one or keeping the seeds on you is the equivalent of having a guard dog.
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