Common Superstitions

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