The planting and care of a fruit tree should provide more satisfaction than the eating of its first fruit. Most of the supersitions that you have were probably learned in childhood. You probably think that the beginning of these superstitions goes back hundreds of years. Many superstitions are very old, but some are not. There is one about what will happen to a baseball player who is pitching a perfect game if an announcer tells the listeners that the pitcher is pitching a perfect game.
Television encourages superstitions.
Announcers should not withhold information. Even basball is not safe from superstitions. Economists feel that it is easier to prevent a depression that to cure one. When persons emigrate to the United States, they usually must learn to speak English before they can adjust to their new living conditions. C.K. Odgen developed a Basic English vocabulary of 850 words as a method of quickly teaching people enough English for ordinary communication.