Superstitions

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    There are 26 Superstitions!

    In Asia, the digit 4 never appears in any Nokia handset model number, because 4 is considered unlucky in many parts of Southeast/East Asia.
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    Amber beads, worn as a necklace, can protect against illness or cure colds.
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    There are numerous sailors' superstitions, such as: it is considered bad luck for a ship to set sail on a Friday, to bring anything blue aboard, to stick a knife into the deck, to leave a hatch cover upside-down, to say "pig", or to eat walnuts aboard.
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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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    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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    Before traveling a person should, apparently, sit on their luggage. (Russian)
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