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Common Superstition by Tboy1419: 8:06am On Jan 05, 2020
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
1. A bird in the house is a sign of a death
2. A loaf of bread should never be turned upside down
after a slice has been cut from it.
3. Never take a broom along when you move. Throw it out
and buy a new one.
4. If the first butterfly you see in the year is white, you will
have good luck all year.
5. If a black cat walks towards you, it brings good fortune,
but if it walks away, it takes the good luck with it.
1. An acorn at the window will keep lightning out
2. A dog howling at night when someone in the house
is sick is a bad omen.
3. It’s bad luck to leave a house through a different
door than the one used to come into it.
4. A horseshoe hung in the bedroom will keep
nightmares away.
5. If you catch a falling leaf on the first day of
autumn you will not catch a cold all winter.
11. If a mirror in the house falls and breaks by itself,
someone in the house will die soon…. ..>>>>I DO NOT
AGREE WITH THIS ONE, MIRROR BREAKS, IT REMOVES
NEGATIVITY!
12. Dropping an umbrella on the floor means that there will
be a murder in the house.
13. All windows should be opened at the moment of death
so that the soul can leave.
14. If the groom drops the wedding band during the
ceremony, the marriage is doomed.
15. To dream of a lizard is a sign that you have a secret
enemy.
1. If a friend gives you a knife, you should give him a
coin, or your friendship will soon be broken.
2. You should never start a trip on Friday or you will
meet misfortune.
3. Dream of running: a sign of a big change in your
life.
4. If a clock which has not been working suddenly
chimes, there will be a death in the family.
5. It is bad luck to light three cigarettes with the same
match.
Please Add you own and let us learn together!, Pls note that all righting is copy and past and am not the author, God bless everyone and happy new Sunday of the month of 2020.

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