Chinese Residents: Superstitions and Heebie Jeebies

chinese residents: And these superstitions can influence everything from little habits to major life decisions — they can even control where immigrants live, according to Huffington Post Canada. One Toronto suburb, for example, banned the number four from new street addresses, after Chinese residents complained about the unlucky number impacting real estate sales. Although superstitions are often dismissed as wishful thinking, immigrant parents often give their children connections to their homelands through these supernatural warnings. With so many superstitions from culture to culture, we've rounded up some common ones second-gen Canadians are still told to believe by their family members. If jumbies don't give you the heebie jeebies, there also a practical side to this superstition. When immigrants come to Canada, these are the superstitions their kids grow up hearing: If You're Coming Home Late, Walk In Backwards Where it from: Caribbean nations and Guyana Stumbling home after a wild night or heading back from a night shift is scary for anyone, but some say walking in backwards helps you see any evil spirits, called jumbies, who are following you. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.