Amber beads, worn as a necklace, can protect against illness or cure colds.
89
Once a wedding ring has been placed on the finger, it is considered bad luck to remove it.
117
It's bad luck to leave a house through a different door than the one used to come into it.
143
It is bad luck to put new shoes on a bed (or a table) (comes from the tradition of dressing a corpse in new clothes and shoes and laying them out so everyone can give their respects) - (UK)
57
According to an age old custom, carrying a dead shrew in your pocket wards off rheumatism!
24
Placing keys on a table is considered unlucky. (Sweden)
3
If you catch a falling leaf on the first day of autumn you will not catch a cold all winter.
394
Breaking a mirror is said to bring bad luck for 7 years. To "undo" this, take the shards of glass and bury them underneath the moonlight. In ancient times, the mirror was said to be a window to the viewer's soul. If that mirror were to break, it would
123