re: ivy & bad luck?

**"e.merge" h*@direct.ca**

My mother used to grow ivy indoors. So did my grandmother. In fact,
everyone seemed to have ivy indoors when I was a child in little containers
above the sink....things their kids made them at school, and various other
tacky and not-so-tacky containers. My mother had one in a little
tired-looking burro...the ivy grew in his little burdensome 'cart' behind
him. 

At some point I heard (don't remember the source) that it is "bad luck" to
grow ivy indoors. Since then I've always been chicken to grow it inside,
although it can look wonderful.....I do know that for some reason when
grown indoors, it seems prone to spider mites.

Does anyone know the source of this 'bad luck' business?

S
Sharon H. Hanna
Writer & Urban Agriculturist
Member, Garden Writers Association
(604) 736 1889

"Just Say No" to Chilean Sea Bass - an endangered species, harvested
illegally.  

Sharon's catalogue writing/recipes:
http://www.kitchengardenseeds.com

Xeriscaping/water-wise gardening article on Canadian Wildlife Federation
site, July 2002:

http://www.wildaboutgardening.org/en/whats_new/ten_commandments/hold_water.htm

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