Superstitions
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In France, we have a superstition about the bread upside down on the table.
I think it's a medieval superstition, because on this period, the baker keep a bread for the man who cut the head of people (I don't know the name in english.), and for recognize it, he put it upside down. If a christian people touch this bread, he could be cursed, so he needed to do a cross with fingers. So people made an association between death, or unlucky, and bread on this position.
My mother was not christian, but she doesn't like when I put the bread like that.
En france, nous avons une superstition à propos du pain à l'envers sur la table.
Je pense que c'est une superstition médiéval, car à cette époque, le boulanger gardait un pain pour le bourreau, et pour le différencier des autres, il le mettait à l'envers. Si un chrétien le touchait, il pouvait s'attirer le mauvais oeil. Il devait alors faire une croix avec ses doigts pour l'annuler. Les gens ont donc fait une association entre la mort, ou la malchance, et le pain dans cette position.
Ma mère n'était pas chrétienne, mais elle n'aimait pas que je mette le pain dans cette position.
In France, we have a superstition about theputting bread upside-down on the table.
Oh, je connais celle-là :)
I think it's a medieval superstition, because onduring this period, the baker keepkept a loaf of bread for the man who cut the head of people (I don't know the name in english.)executioner, and for recognizeso he would know it was for him, he putthe baker set it upside-down.
Something occurs "during" a period of time (like "pendant") To quantify "bread," we refer to them as loaves (loaf = singular). However, it depends on the bread type. For example, you WOULD say "a baguette" but you need "a loaf of bread" "Put" typically needs to also mention what you are putting the object on. E.g., "he put it upside-down on the table." But you don't need to do this with "set" which is a synonym of "place" (placer en français)
If a christian people touchChristian touched this bread, he could be cursed, so he needed to domake a cross with his fingers.
A lot of religion-related words are capitalized, including Christian. Also, you don't need to say "a Christian person," it's simpler to say "a Christian"
So people made an association between death, (or unlucky,bad luck) and bread onin this position.
I find this easier to read using parentheses
My mother was not christian(a) Christian, but she doesn'tdidn't like (it) when I put the bread down like that.
What I put in parentheses are optional words You start in past tense (was not), so the end needs to agree (didn't like)
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Très bien !
Thank you very much for the correction and explications ! :D
In France, we have a superstition about the bread upside down on the table.
I think that it's a medieval superstition, because on this period, the baker would keep a bread for the man who cut the head of people (I don't know the name in englishoff.), and for To recognize it, he put itthe bread upside down.
If a christianChristian people touch thisthe bread, he couldwould be cursed, so he neededwould need to domake a cross with his fingers.
So people made an association between death, or unlucky, and bread onin this position.
My mother was not christianChristian, butso she doesn'tdidn’t like when I put the bread like that.
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