Entire Wizarding Superstition

Wizarding supersitions were common beliefs held by members of the wizarding community in non-physical (i.e. metaphysical (supernatural)) causalities, i.e. that one event caused another without any physical process linking the two events. Many of these were based on ancient folklore and generational retellings. Ronald Weasley mentioned that his mother was "full of" these. The superstitions, and the origins from which they stemmed, might have been accurate sometimes, but were not always reliable.
==List of superstitions==
*Never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can't see where it keeps its brain.Remembered by Harry Potter in as having been said by Arthur Weasley, causing Harry to question the danger that the Marauder's Map may hold. The quote is from page 132 of the British e-book edition sold by . — It seemed accurate when speaking of Voldemort's Horcruxes, especially used in the case of Tom Riddle's diary.
*May-born witches marry Muggles.
*Jinx by twilight, undone at midnight.
*When his wand's oak and hers is holly, then to marry would be folly. - though, according to Garrick Ollivander, this superstition was baseless.
*Rowan gossips, chestnut drones, ash is stubborn, hazel moans. - it referred to the personality of the masters of certain wand woods. According to Mr Ollivander, this superstition had a "small nugget of truth": those witches and wizards best suited to ash wands were not lightly swayed from their beliefs or purposes.
*Fir is the 'survivor's wand' - based on observations by Gerbold Ollivander, who sold fir wands to three wizards who subsequently passed through mortal peril unscathed.
*Wand of elder never prosper. - Beedle the Bard's famous story The Tale of the Three Brothers, along with the bloody history of the Elder Wand likely influenced this superstition against Elder as a Wand wood in general. This was baseless, though Elder wands were known for being difficult to gain and maintain mastery over.
*Releasing a Portkey before it has arrived will result in death or serious injury.Twenty-first question of the first W.O.M.B.A.T. at 
*Bad luck can be prevented by turning three times on the spot and deliberately Splinching one's thumbs.
*Muggle-born witches/wizards are more likely to produce Squib children than those who have one or more wizarding parents.Sixteenth question of the second W.O.M.B.A.T. at 
*Muggle-born witches/wizards are generally less prone to certain magical illnesses than those who have one or more wizarding parent.
*Muggle-born witches/wizards are generally slower to show signs of magic in childhood than those who have one or more wizarding parent.
*Muggle-born witches/wizards have great natural rhythm.
==Notable rumours and other common misconceptions==
*According to Dumbledore's commentary in , it was originally believed in the seventeenth century that a blood traitor only sympathised with Muggles because they were insecure of their own magical ability. It was propagated through Brutus Malfoy's pure-blood propaganda. Over time, the counter-evidence to this was too high that this misconception was accepted for what it is; however, many still hold a negative view of Muggle-supporters despite no longer being seen as inferior.
*Many wizards believed that there was such a thing as werewolf cubs.A W.O.M.B.A.T. on J.K. Rowling's website indicates otherwise. The 16-year-old memory of Tom Riddle told Harry Potter that Rubeus Hagrid was believed to have been raising werewolf cubs under his bed at some point during his time at Hogwarts. Given the memory's untrustworthy nature, its unknown if this was true or an attempt to manipulate Harry.
**This does have some basis in fact, as Lycanthropy was potentially an inheritable condition; However, the only known child of a werewolf, Teddy Lupin, did not inherit his father's affliction. Also, it was possible for two werewolves who mated in their transformed state to conceive. Such offspring were physically identical to normal wolves, but were noted as being very beautiful and of near-human intelligence. However, this situation was extremely rare, only known to have happened twice in recorded history.
*In the 1991–1992 school year, there was a rumour among the Hogwarts student body that Hagrid's supposed evil brother Dirgah was the thing that was being kept inside the Forbidden Corridor. In fact, it was a series of dangerous obstacles protecting the Philosopher's Stone.
*In 1997, some wizards were under the impression that Lord Voldemort could kill simply by looking at someone. It was a common enough misconception that Fred Weasley corrected them by announcing on Potterwatch that only a basilisk could do that.
==Appearances==
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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*J. K. Rowling's official site
==Notes and references==
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