Observed arrival · 2026-09-20
Strange by Habit — Origins of Customs, Sayings & Superstitions
A folklore publication investigating the origins of sayings, superstitions, rituals, festivals, and other habits that stop seeming strange once everyone repeats them.
- For
- Readers curious about folklore, customs, and everyday expressions
- Worth noticing
- The homepage organizes 54 listed investigations across six folklore categories and includes a reader-question route.
Field notes
The publication uses a category-and-investigation structure rather than a chronological blog feed, with sections for sayings, luck, sea lore, marriage, mourning, festivals, and folklore. Its homepage lists estimated reading times of four or five minutes and provides three discovery routes: random selection, latest answers, and reader questions. The site also frames a ten-item weekly selection as an editor’s choice rather than a popularity ranking.
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