"How can I check if my hubby had life insurance coverage I don't know about," is a common question many surviving spouses have. Life insurance could be bought by way of a payroll deduction in the office or accompany various other invesmtent for example an IRA or stock purchase. It is common for that policyholder to never disclose the protection with an heir, a good wife. For some, it could look like bad luck. For others, a policy could have been established and before marriage. Having marked my ten-year anniversary of first arriving with this country on August 3, 2011 I pointed out that although my environment has changed drastically from those of ten years ago I have never really release my 'old self.' Rather, I have learned to check out my beliefs while using natives' list of eyes. After all, 'you cannot enter your neighbor's garden with your own personal declaration!' In this article, I would like to contrast and compare a number of the superstitions in the Mediterranean cultures which are practiced underneath the guise of 'scientific' premises from the United States.