As a 4 year Latin student, I am reminded each March of the Ides of March.  The "Ides of March " are the 15th of the month.  Julius Caesar should have heeded the warning of of impending doom from the soothsayers in ancient Rome!  The warning was that on the 15th or March he was going to be in great peril.  He was!  He went back to the seer and mentioned to him that basically the Ides of March had come and no danger had befallen him.  The seer advised Ceasar that the day had arrived but was not over yet! He was assassinated later that day on the Ides of march as predicted in the Roman senate by other senators and his best friend Brutus!  In disbelief Julius Caesar was stunned that even his best friend was in on the assassination and was said to have muttered "Et Tu Brute?" Which translates into  "Even you Brutus?"  The Shakespeare play "Julius Caesar" coined the phrase 'Beware the Ides Of March!"  It is meant to be a superstitious omen of ill fortune to follow.  In American society we are not so much a superstitious lot!  Black cats, walking under ladders, Friday the 13th are all examples of superstitions.  While the history behind superstitions are interesting and intriguing they are more of a curiosity in modern society.  The interesting question is to ask are you superstitious, and believe in omens or superstitions?  If so please share!

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16 Comments on Beware the Ides Of March!

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Jim,  With what is going on in the news it looks like the "Ides of March" came a little early for Barrack Obama.
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Jim, I am not very superstitious at all although it seemed that a majority of my family members are.  I do believe in what comes around goes around.
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I'm not a superstitious person, but I agree with Tina. What goes around does come around.

Good Post!

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Jim,

As a child I was....I never walked under ladders, stepped on cracks and the like.  As I grew older and believed in a higher being I lost all those fears.

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Jimmy McCall~Clarksville's Mortgage Consultant  I guess politicians have more to worry about than us!  LOL!
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Tina Farinas, REALTOR®, e-PRO® / Serving Placer & Sacramento CountiesI am not either.  I guess it is interesting how some folks are, and will read horoscopes etc...
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Dan Brudnok - ePRO, ABR, CSP - Chester County, PA Real Estate Pro That is my belief also!  I am not a person that is into "luck" but rather Grace of God!
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I am not superstitious but, I refuse to toast non-alcoholic beverages.
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Jim,  Thanks for the reminder of the Ides of March!  I am not the slightest bit superstitious, but I LOVE Latin- still remember conjugating verbs and translating campaigns of Caesar!  Maybe we should start a new group in AR- every sentence would end with "a um"!

Linda Schulte, Keller Williams North Atlanta     I hope you survived our Ides of March tornado!

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I don't believe in superstition BUT, I do believe that the universe will provide what you attract! 
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Linda Schulte  I actually like Latin and forgot so much about it.  I was in a seminary for several years and it was a required subject.    BTW No trouble with the tornados!
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