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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. 1 Like 1 Share |
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