I believe almost everyone is superstitious in some degree. I am not that superstitous, but over the years, I have started trusting some of them and following. It works. Superstition has been passed to us for centuries from our ancestry for reason.
To the subject. One of the superstition I follow from time to time is throw away piece of bread over the shoulder at night and not look back to stop seeing deceased people; relatives, friends, neighbors, no matter who. (ooops TII again on TV :D )
So, I did that last night because lately I was dreaming often dead people. Guess what, right after that, at night I saw Michael in my dream, which means he is NOT dead since this ritual prevents dreaming deceased people. I believe in it cause it's been proven. I also seen other alive people in another episod of the dream. Just wanted to share. 
