Sky Superstitions
Steffani Hay and John Burrell
Mr. Klenk
Science Foundations 1A
1/6/07
Sky Superstitions
Over the many years, ancient civilizations have pondered about things that they cannot explain and tying them to strange occurrences. This is also known as a superstition' to most people. In my research paper I will be explaining 3 myths about the earths atmosphere. Those three superstitions are.: the full moon, the aurora borealis and eclipses of the sun. it is amazing to find that today people still believe in these silly superstitions.
The first superstition is the full moon. The full moon has been tied to crimes, suicide, mental illness, disasters, accidents, birthrates, fertility and werewolves. Some people who engage in the stock market even buy and sell stock according to the phases of the moon. A method probably as effective as all the others. Numerous and extensive studies have tried to find lunar effects and get to understand them. So......
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