My wife was told by a one of her coworkers that the reason breaking a mirror will get you seven years worth of bad luck is that in some past time seven years was the amount of time a servant's pay would be docked to pay off breaking a mirror in his or her employers house. Of course there were no specifics such as era or country.
-------------------- Too much of this navel gazing and we'll disappear up our own arses. Danvers Carew Posts: 7465 | From: Oklahoma | Registered: Oct 2001
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A quick google shows this to be the generally accepted origin.
quote: Many Romans believed every person was remade new every seven years. So if the damage was done to your soul today it would take seven years to be undamaged.
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I did also see the origin that your wife's co-worker stated. Most of the sites that I googled were personal web sites, so to be taken with a grain of salt...
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