Superstitions

    Random Superstitions

    There are 26 Superstitions!

    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)
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    Collect seven or nine different flowers on midsummer eve and place them under your pillow and it is said that you will dream of your future spouse. (Sweden)
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    Placing keys on a table is considered unlucky. (Sweden)
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    Before traveling a person should, apparently, sit on their luggage. (Russian)
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    Opening an umbrella indoors is said to result in 21 days of bad luck. Some traditions hold that it is only bad luck if the umbrella is placed over the head of someone while indoors.
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    Pirates believed that piercing the ears with such precious metals as silver and gold improved one's eyesight.
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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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    Once a wedding ring has been placed on the finger, it is considered bad luck to remove it.
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