Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Some Common Superstitions

* Friday the thirteenth is an unlucky day
* A rabbit's foot brings good luck
* An apple a day keeps the doctor away
* To find a four-leaf clover is to find good luck
* If you walk under a ladder, you will have bad luck
* If a black cat crosses your path you will have bad luck
* To break a mirror will bring you seven years bad luck
* To open an umbrella in the house is to bring bad luck
* To find a horseshoe brings good luck
* Step on a crack, break your mother's back
* You can break a bad luck spell by turning seven times in a clockwise circle
* Garlic protects from evil spirits and vampires
* Our fate is written in the stars
* At the end of a rainbow is a pot of gold
* Clothes worn inside out will bring good luck
* Wearing your birthstone will bring you good luck
* If you blow out all of the candles on your birthday cake with the first breath you will get whatever you wish for
* To have a wish come true using a wishbone, two people make a wish, then take hold of each end of the bone and pull it until it separates. The person with the longer end gets his or her wish
* An itchy palm means money will come your way
* A beginner will always have good luck: beginner's luck
* A cat has nine lives
* Eating fish makes you smart
* Toads cause warts
* A cricket in the house brings good luck
* Crossing your fingers helps to avoid bad luck and helps a wish come true
* It is bad luck to sing at the table
* It is bad luck to sleep on a table
* After receiving a container of food, the container should never be returned empty
* A lock of hair from a baby's first haircut should be kept for good luck
* A bird that comes in your window brings bad luck
* To refuse a kiss under mistletoe causes bad luck
* Goldfish in the pond bring good luck
* Goldfish in the house bring bad luck
* For good luck, wear new clothes on Easter
* An acorn at the window can keep lightning out of the house
* If the bottom of your feet itch, you will make a trip
* When a dog howls, death is near
* It is bad luck to chase someone with a broom
* A sailor wearing an earring cannot drown
* To find a penny heads up, brings good luck
* To cure a sty, rub it with a gold wedding band
* Animals can talk at midnight on Christmas Eve
* A drowned woman floats face up, a drowned man floats face down
* A person cannot drown before going under three times
* To drop a fork means a woman will visit
* To drop a knife means a man will visit
* To drop a spoon means a child will visit
* To drop a dishcloth means bad luck is coming
* If you shiver, someone is casting a shadow on your grave
* To make a happy marriage, the bride must wear: something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue
* The wedding veil protects the bride from the evil eye
* Washing a car will bring rain
* You must get out of bed on the same side you got in on or you will have bad luck
* Evil spirits cannot harm you when you are standing in a circle
* A cat will try to take the breath from a baby
* Warm hands, cold heart
* Cold hands, warm heart
* It is unlucky to rock an empty rocking chair
* To kill an albatross is to cause bad luck to the ship and all upon it
* Wearing an opal when it is not your birthstone is bad luck
* Smell dandelions, wet the bed
* To give someone a purse or wallet without money in it will bring that person bad luck
* A forked branch, held with a fork in each hand, will dip and point when it passes over water

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