10 Crazy Korean Superstitions

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10 Crazy Korean Superstitions

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Learn about ten interesting and traditional Korean superstitions (“superstition” = 미신). This list does not include the already well-known "fan death" superstition.
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@slylover123 8 жыл бұрын

I died when I saw the number f

@IanRomErv 7 жыл бұрын

U mean 4.

@_4025 5 жыл бұрын

@@IanRomErv stop your giving bad luckkkkkk

@brya8492 8 жыл бұрын

it's funny that you really wear that shirt for every episode like a character in a cartoon. love your videos too. one day I hope to speak korean as well as you do.

@aloistrancy4221 8 жыл бұрын

The Whistling Apparently there was a lot of child human traffiking at the time and the children at night would whistle. So the superstition was made so that the children would stop whistling at night while going home so that they wouldn't get kidnapped.

@thetrickster3616 Жыл бұрын

😱😱😱

@suechun2724 7 жыл бұрын

Hi, Billy. I am a Korean teacher in Arizona. I used this video for my elementary kids and they loved it. I really appreciate what you have done. I just wanted to let you know that your contents can be used more than you expect to. Thank you soooo much.

@campingcarjoa 8 жыл бұрын

My mom still freaks out if she catches me with the fan on while sleeping... Lol!

@yourcalicocat 5 жыл бұрын

Yo, I literally thought it was only my grandma who taught this until just now, damn

@enzolumare5680 2 жыл бұрын

There is something that can actually happen tho: neck pain. When an area gets cold, the muscles contract and get stiff, leading to pain afterwards

@cluckcluck6494 4 жыл бұрын

American: *whistles* Korean: So you have chosen death

@kiean515 6 жыл бұрын

So why were blackpink's 'whistle' and 'playing with fire' such a hit 😂😂😂

@jemgamerandfx6246 5 жыл бұрын

Nobody KNOWS

@trishitdas3428 3 жыл бұрын

Korean people didn't make it famous It's the foreign people

@elijah-iy7mp 2 жыл бұрын

LOL

@annpdrouinftbangtansonyeondan 8 жыл бұрын

I remember once, Me and my mother had bought something in the market and the sun is setting. I had this small whistle and i'm whistling while we're walking then my mother said "don't whistle at night, the snakes will follow us" and i got scared so i just put in my pocket. Lol

@thea1774 7 жыл бұрын

"Play with fire" BULJANGNAAAAN DOODOODOODOODOODOODOO

@claudiahenriquezmoya5710 7 жыл бұрын

Daniella Jane Howell also Whistle, lol

@deborahfuller1533 6 жыл бұрын

YASSS BLACKPINK

@xixi9141 6 жыл бұрын

Ayeeeeee *NOW* *BURN* *BABY* *BURN* *~*

@sterfranzpareja7983 5 жыл бұрын

My love is on fire

@kimia743 6 жыл бұрын

Hate whistle? What about DNA

@imagine_8681 5 жыл бұрын

Kimi kimi omg why am I kept seeing u

@daliajaliaclarke 5 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha I came to the comments to look for someone to comment this 😝

@miahnations6184 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. This is what came on my mind right after he said about whistling.

@honeybutterchips3362 6 жыл бұрын

Whistling? omg, but... DNA!!

@yn9229 3 жыл бұрын

Bruh that’s what I was thinking-

@treebles 3 жыл бұрын

hi army! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

@vaguelyvagrant9694 8 жыл бұрын

The 'Don't play with fire...' superstition also exists in the US. I heard it all of the time while growing up. Whistling is hated in Russia as well; something about being poor if you whistle inside of a house.

@angryowl6226 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah my dad never lets us whistle inside of the house because the superstition is that if you whistle inside your house all of your money will fly out of the window lol. I still don't really like to whistle so that superstition won't be an issue for me I guess haha

@robertofs Жыл бұрын

In Brazil too

@shadycactus6146 6 жыл бұрын

“i don’t believe this one at all” #F

@kraziecatclady 6 жыл бұрын

I am currently stationed in Korea. I was talking the other day to some of the Korean people at my work about how some people in the U.S. think horseshoes are lucky but you have to place them with the opening facing up or you will pour all of the luck out of the horseshoe. After explaining the metal thing is a horseshoe they got a pretty good laugh at our silly superstitions. Nice to hear some of Korea's superstitions too.

@annpdrouinftbangtansonyeondan 8 жыл бұрын

*F - Knocking four times is bad luck But in the Philippines if you hear Knocking in the door just twice they say that it's a ghost. *5 - I experience that being told by my mum

@annpdrouinftbangtansonyeondan 8 жыл бұрын

and the butterfly or moth too.

@koya_joonie 6 жыл бұрын

Lol #F, DNA intro XD

@Sam-yl8nq 7 жыл бұрын

Love your vids Billy really helpful and fun to watch, I love the content it's really useful at times I hope to speak and understand Korean one day like you 감사합니다!❤️👍😝

@thisisamanda98 6 жыл бұрын

For Chinese people about the nail clipping, if the nails are toss all over, the ghost might trace you because of your scattered nails. Also, don't cut your nails after 7pm, idk why, the adults just told me it's not good, either you will have bad luck or ghosty stuff happen. Also, the shaking leg thing is also a superstitious thingy among Asia 😂

@adrians.5097 6 жыл бұрын

Amanda Toong Russia also has the superstition to not cut nails at night. It's said if you cut your nails at night you're cutting away your life. Scientifically speaking this superstition exists because back then people didn't have good light sources at night while cutting nails and they would often cut themselves risking infection and dying.

@rowoonswife7279 3 жыл бұрын

In india we should not cut nails on thursday and saturday

@Max-qq7my 3 жыл бұрын

In the Philippines, we have the same thing but they say not to cut your nails after 5pm or else your mother will die. This always scared me before 😭

@captainmorgan757 2 жыл бұрын

I cannot stop laughing at the bear writing your name in red and then drawing a line through it!!!

@thetrickster3616 Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@fluffysugakookies9580 5 жыл бұрын

Billy I love your channel so much without going to Korea I'll learn so much from you thank you so much

@redeye998 8 жыл бұрын

Nice and funny vid Billy :) Keep it up

@xc1375 3 жыл бұрын

“Sitting down and shaking your leg is one way to get bad luck.” My ADHD: “ *I’ll take that as a challenge* “

@fluffysugakookies9580 5 жыл бұрын

"I don't believe this one at all" *goes on to write 4 as F*

@treebles 3 жыл бұрын

great sense of humor! ㅋㅋㅋ

@anjewlurrr 8 жыл бұрын

i'm from america, but my parents also told me not to play with fire bc i'd wet the bed! interesting!~

@reusablepaper 5 жыл бұрын

먹고나서 바로 자면 소가된다-> 먹고 난 직후 자는것= 게으름 / 소= 부지런히 일을 해야 하는 동물 >> 게으름을 피우면 평생 일만하는 짐승이 된다는 말(경각심) 나비를 만진 손으로 눈을 비비면 눈이 먼다-> 나비와 나방의 날개에 있는 인분(나비나 나방의 온몸에 덮여있는 비늘가루)이 눈에 들어가면 좋지 않기 때문에 호기심 많은 어린이들에게 주의를 주기 위해 생긴 말

@junekim8565 8 жыл бұрын

Some of these are old superstitions...I"m glad you got them on here. Will use your video to show it in class as we will discuss superstitions.

@siyuliu3257 4 жыл бұрын

Just saw this,I have been learned korea from u for a almost one month,my frds couldnt believe that I learn korea from an american!!But so far I am doing pretty good,thank you billy

@monamimukherjee8517 3 жыл бұрын

My dad once caught my brother whistling at night and told both of us that if we whistle at night, thieves come and rob the house. The fact that I actually believed him though-

@user-ek3ss3cw7k 7 жыл бұрын

I remember when I learned how to whistle and my mom told me the snakes would come after me, I was terrified. She doesn't really believe it but she wants to make sure....so no whistling at night. However, she does believe the one with the number 4.

@indigocoolvinyl00 3 жыл бұрын

I hate that shaking your leg is such a bad thing because I do it all the time without thinking.

@GoBillyKorean 3 жыл бұрын

I used to do it ALL the time too, but I stopped when I started learning Korean.

@IanRomErv 7 жыл бұрын

The whistling snake/ghost superstition is also common in Japan.

@anubhutisingh9187 4 жыл бұрын

Its common in India too

@franchellemarshman4867 3 жыл бұрын

When I was in Korea a few years ago a woman was selling fruit in a stall. I saw her every day. She and her stall were beautiful to me and I wanted to remember her because she had been so kind to me. I took a picture of her stall but not her because she said part of her soul would be captured in the picture. I had never heard that belief before.

@habibasaeed5606 7 жыл бұрын

Lol that playing with the fire superstition exists in my country too ㅋㅋㅋ 이 비디오 재미있어, 감사합니다 ^o^

@user-tl9rm8ou3v 6 жыл бұрын

I believe that "Fan" Superstition came from crude quality of electronics that were affordable to lower class families after the Korean war (which was majority of the population at that time), and lack of knowledge about electronic safety. If the motor catches on fire caused by a short circuit or overheat in a tiny room that has no ventilation while your sleeping, well, it is very likely that your gonna inhale some carbon monoxide. Which can be fatal.

@GoBillyKorean 6 жыл бұрын

I thought about that, but the reasons they list weren't due to any smoke. It was solely due to a fan being used in a small enclosed space. Koreans also know that a lot of smoke can kill someone in a small room with no ventilation.

@jessicah9311 7 жыл бұрын

My mother, a Canadian who has had no contact with any East Asian county or people, believes the butter fly one. 😂

@zenzenyokunai 3 жыл бұрын

The bear writing your name in red SENT me

@11blanca111 7 жыл бұрын

i have mostly heard of #6 the red names superstition. its interesting to learn other superstitions

@soniasiddiqi1629 7 жыл бұрын

i have heard of the whistling one aswell

@mamtakiewdomu 4 жыл бұрын

Wait wait WAIT! I was raised in Poland with no contact with any Korean, and older people, usually grandparents, told me to not play with fire or I will wet the bed - mostly jokingly, but... Maybe it is more international? xD

@daniellaNicole0 2 жыл бұрын

Yes the fire one is common in the US too or at least where I live. Here its happy if you whistle but gets annoying after a while so people will tell you to stop. We something about snakes too but I do not remember what it is

@deboracattyleia2448 6 жыл бұрын

Here in Brazil playing with fire and wet the bed and whistiling calling snakes are very common, or at least they were when I was a child (I haven't heard of the second one in ages). I was surprised to see them on this list.

@teresastepherson5888 6 жыл бұрын

I was always told that playing with fire will make you wet the bed. I'm not Korean, lol. Just a white girl with Irish/Scottish heritage, born and raised in California. And yet, my grandma ALWAYS told me and my siblings this whenever we had a campfire or just a backyard bonfire.

@musicandstuff434 4 жыл бұрын

I started to clips my nails just as Billy talked about #5

@trishitdas3428 3 жыл бұрын

We also have the Whistle superstition in Bengal

@YummYakitori 6 жыл бұрын

Woah I didn’t know that Korea shared the same superstition as China regarding 4 and death, and yes the one about writing the name in red as well. By the way the one about shaking your leg also applies in Chinese culture.

@songes3058 4 жыл бұрын

I'm Korean, but I had no idea about the #8~10, and the #4 seems to be believed(?) among the older generations only like senior citizens.

@rhaengelos3453 6 жыл бұрын

“Did you know that if you sleep in a closed room with a fan on you’ll die?!” I do that all the time so I guess my k pop idols think I’m hardcore now lmao

@itzelmarquez1528 4 жыл бұрын

The cow superstition reminded me of something that we have in Mexico called “el mal del puerco”, that can be translated to “the curse of the pig”, which refers to the feeling of laziness that usually comes after eating

@zabdulla_8231 6 жыл бұрын

"Maybe snakes or ghost but not ghost snakes" 😅uhh I love this guy...

@faiythie5673 6 жыл бұрын

I LUV the teddy bear 😂

@canpy143 2 жыл бұрын

When he actually used F instead of 4 ... Well, i hate the facts that 4 and 13 are considered unlucky as 13 is my birthdate!

@RachelJ1 3 жыл бұрын

Omg my mom hated when I whistled when I was young and always told me the snakes would come! It’s so funny how some of these my mon would tell me and I was born in the 90s. I want to carry this forward to my kids. Such a fun thing to pass on even if we don’t believe it.

@davepavillar4150 4 жыл бұрын

About the butterflies cause blindess, here in the Philippines, some people believe that if you see big butterflies flying above you, you should close your eyes or look down, or else you will go blind. One scientific reason is that there are some species of butterflies that emits substances while flapping their wings that is irritating to the eyes that may cause blindness. 😉

@fluffysugakookies9580 5 жыл бұрын

1:06 I think we use that in Jamaica too

@user-rh7bd2sh5g 3 жыл бұрын

so im unlucky af bc im anxious and i literally can't stop shaking my legs lol

@michelleh.9664 8 жыл бұрын

excuse me if i'm wrong, but you remember me of the teacher daniel from the kdrama moorim school:D

@Choigo3 6 жыл бұрын

5:01 아직까지 저런 모양으로 밥먹는 사람 본적이 없습니다... 보통 이런 모양입니다. www.lifeinkorea.com/Images/Food/f-manner05.jpg 젓가락을 내려놓았다가 다시 쥐려면 귀찮기도 하고 식탁이 지저분해서 젓가락을 내려 놓기 싫을 때에 가끔 저런 모양으로 숟가락과 젓가락을 같이 쥘 때가 종종 있습니다. 후후 어렸을 때 아버지에게 많이 혼나기도 했죠~~~ ㅠ.ㅠ 참고로 옛날 밥상은 테두리가 바닥보다 0.5cm 정도 높아서 젓가락이나 숫가락을 올려 놓으면 이물질이 덜 묻어서 유용했었던 같네요. 요즘은 테이블이 모두 평평해서 젓가락은 받침돌 같은 게 필요하죠. 식사 예절에 대해 짧게 정리한 글 : www.lifeinkorea.com/Food/f-mannersk.cfm

@honeybe1909 7 жыл бұрын

the number 9 is also known in Brazil

@rhnkdhjkg 4 жыл бұрын

Haha, good video. I think you need to make an uploaded version on the young generation, though. Most young people don't believe any of these here lol

@alex-fs9yt 5 жыл бұрын

*Me: sleeps in a closed room with a fan* Damnit

@buddyosborn9346 4 жыл бұрын

Should a putt avoiding number 4 and the 4th one o this list .

@davvixi9077 5 жыл бұрын

Well, my parents were the same with the fire thing, but it was smth like : when u play, or look at fire too long, ur gonna wet your bed at night.. And I'm from Poland.

@Vor567tez 5 жыл бұрын

'Whistling will bring snakes' especially at night . This kind of superstition is also present in India.

@NM-ou9el 7 жыл бұрын

the butterfly thing is also believed in my country and that is located in Africa

@thekuan7002 6 жыл бұрын

Holy crap the butterfly blindness is the same here in the Philippines!!¡

@feyoko 4 жыл бұрын

We have play with fire superstition here in Brazil too 😆🙌

@AxionSmurf Жыл бұрын

lol man, didn't know about the leg thing. I've done that forever. I'm pretty sure a lot of people with ADHD shake their leg or legs up and down or side to side and it's just something you feel like you have to do to burn off some energy. Must suck being in Korea with this mostly benign problem.

@ooplsoveya4383 4 жыл бұрын

1:47 isn’t 四 pronounced as like si or maybe like 스 in Hangul

@ac4842 5 жыл бұрын

4 in Asia is like 13 in the west, everyone trys to avoid it

@jennity_9203 6 жыл бұрын

I knock on the classroom door 4 times every single day I arrive at school. Four is also my favorite number next to 9 and it's also the number of the total family members that live in the same house as me. Four is also the number that I use in every single thing I do.

@rokicat7391 5 жыл бұрын

oh no

@andreaa8952 6 жыл бұрын

Wtf the beginning scared me. We always close the doors when sleeping and we’re using an electric fan. Lol poorkid

@alliahrose2878 5 жыл бұрын

it's somewhat similar to Filipinos superstitions. or it's just in my province. i don't use electric fan too, i felt like I'm suffocating myself with it. I just can't use it.

@acid133 5 жыл бұрын

"avoid the number 4" Damn that explains Guido Mista's phobia of 4...

@nadeuldan6195 5 жыл бұрын

there isn't a 4th floor in most of the buildings in my country as well! like it's 1,2,3,3F,5

@GoBillyKorean 5 жыл бұрын

What country is that?

@nadeuldan6195 5 жыл бұрын

@@GoBillyKorean Malaysia, since many Malaysians are Chinese

@skincarejunkie3787 5 жыл бұрын

Omg I shake my legs when I sit EVERYTIME because it’s just how I fidget in my seat

@klararosengren5314 4 жыл бұрын

Dammit, my number one tic is shaking my leg.

@GoBillyKorean 4 жыл бұрын

I used to do it all the time too. I only stopped when I started learning Korean and figured out it was bothering others. It's funny because now it slightly bothers me too if other people do that who are sitting close to me, since it's distracting.

@user-po8ly4xs8z 4 жыл бұрын

No wonder my Algebra teacher banned whistling. My Korean dentist, however, whistles.

@sailorhun2618 6 жыл бұрын

We have a similar superstition with the nail clipping. My always told me to not do it at noght times and that i shouldn't let them fall on the floor or else it would bring bad luck. My family is from sri lanka though 😂

@chipbeck293 6 жыл бұрын

Billy, what should the US do to prevent war with North Korea. Plus, do you think the United Nations will develop negotiations properly to prevent war?

@camilachavez4829 6 жыл бұрын

#2 is a thing in chile too!

@joonpark6237 4 жыл бұрын

I asked my dad why whistling is bad and keep prohibition? He said only bad people use whistlinf to signals each other especially at night.

@Sierra_Ribbit 7 жыл бұрын

When you knew the one about the number 4 because of Bang YongGuk's a.m 4:44.

@imagine_8681 5 жыл бұрын

Yup shaking leg is badddd

@missyoonheeverse7214 7 жыл бұрын

Tread on the threshold another way gets bad luck

@sunfilms3595 6 жыл бұрын

my mom told me the superstition about the snakes when she heard me whistling

@AetherHuntrax3036 5 жыл бұрын

Shoot man, I grew up in Kentucky and I still heard that I'd wet the bed if I played with fire. Makes me wonder who heard it from whom, or if they came about independently of each other somehow.

@shiningstarhoseok209 6 жыл бұрын

i dont know if this is in america, but in england we have a superstition that if you pick dandelions you'll wet the bed. my mum always used to say it to me lol

@alexandermagnus82 7 жыл бұрын

In standard Mandarin, 四 and 死 are pronounced "si". Pinyin doesn't convey it well, but it sounds kind of like a more gutteral sound of the "si" in "sick". Try saying it in a Stewie voice from Family Guy, that should do the trick! Hate to be the "Well, actually" guy, but just so people know!

@beanilla5575 6 жыл бұрын

He was doing the Korean pronunciations

@therealjumin1941 5 жыл бұрын

When I was in kindergarten my teacher wrote my name in red and I am not dead so it’s not true

@atr1ll 7 жыл бұрын

My mom would always tell me that I would die when I turned my fan on and closed my door.

@ladyluna5556 7 жыл бұрын

atr1ll my grandmother would tell me that I would get kidnapped if I leave the door open while I sleep lol

@hanmadunique5110 3 жыл бұрын

Yes shaking leg is deemed to loose luck as per indian belief also

@tiffunnystraykidsnoona7694 4 жыл бұрын

Yup, the Lunar effect ! The korean superstitions are weird lol

@edgyspoon5793 5 жыл бұрын

Wait... so the butterfly thing isn't real!?!?!

@northstar1727 3 жыл бұрын

hey this one my dad told me about 3:03

@brookParsons Жыл бұрын

Love This ☯️✌🏼🌘🍑💝🌹👌🏼🙏🏼🔥😇

@makithepocky 4 жыл бұрын

3:22 D E A T H N O T E

@Ariber1 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, the full moon is a very good occurrence for us, and the festivals with agricultural significance (Passover and Sukkot) occur on full moon. 4 for us is the physical dimension, and I suppose, the physical dimension also contains death, I suppose. (Noteworthy that 13 is only a bad number in Christianity.) Nail clippings? Wow!! There is a Jewish tradition to burn them. Never clip them on the floor.

@mxyx0404 5 жыл бұрын

Oh no my birthday is the 04/04/2004 lol

@hanmadunique5110 3 жыл бұрын

Yes in india also we believe that snakes apper if we whisle at night

@sora3815 6 жыл бұрын

The number four written in Chinese is pronounced "si" with the fourth tone not "sa". "sa" means kill in Chinese. The word for death in Chinese is also "si" but with the THIRD tone so its different and being a Chinese Korean I have never heard of such ridiculous superstition