An acorn should be carried to bring luck and ensure a long life.
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According to an age old custom, carrying a dead shrew in your pocket wards off rheumatism!
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It's bad luck to leave a house through a different door than the one used to come into it.
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Many believe that if all of the candles on a birthday cake are blown out with one breath, while making a silent wish, the wish will come true.
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Amber beads, worn as a necklace, can protect against illness or cure colds.
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Placing keys on a table is considered unlucky. (Sweden)
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If you catch a falling leaf on the first day of autumn you will not catch a cold all winter.
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When you speak of bad luck, it is said that one should always knock on wood. Also knocking when speaking of good luck apparently helps with having good luck. This is an old Celtic tradition related to belief of wood spirits.
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