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rainshade, sunshade, gamp or bumbershoot  takes its name from the Latin 
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objects nearby. ... Interestingly, some people believe that it's not always bad luck 
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it ... To open one inside or even in the shade would offend the God of the Sun. It 
was also believed that the Egyptian goddess Nut (Nuit) enveloped the sky like ... 
that the bad luck associated with opening an umbrella indoors came to be in 18th
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cat cross your path is bad luck, it's not the same the world over. ... According to 
superstition, bad luck will "rain" on you if you open an umbrella indoors. ... 
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The Greenwood Champion Ear Protector, as he later called the device, didn't ... 
Some accounts say the contraption was then attached to his cap. ..... that it's bad 
luck to open an umbrella indoors and happens to fall on the 13th... [DOC] [TLE] Morning Open Thread: Umbrellas, Parasols and the Sandman? [PAR] May 18, 2012 ... The umbrella or parasol is also known as a brolly, parapluie, rainshade, 
sunshade, gamp, bumbershoot, or umbrolly, but its function is either to offer 
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Question: It's also called a bumbershoot, & some say it's bad luck to open one indoors
Answer: Umbrella