Show old romans super superstitious ious the superstition attached to breaking a mirror is one of the oldest in th the e world george W stimpson texas newspaper car respondent correspondent and author of a series of books on puzzling questions says the ancient romans believed it they reasoned the health of a person changed every seven years and ones appearance as reflected by a mirror mirror indicated the state of ones health so if the mirror were dropped and shattered one ona would be due to exper experience hence seven years ill health but long before the fhe romans man saw bis image reflected in still pools believed what he saw was a part of himself so if a jester tossed a stone into the pool ruffled the waters and temporarily destroyed the image man believed a part of himself hin iselt had been injured |