Superstitions

    Random Superstitions

    There are 26 Superstitions!

    It's bad luck to leave a house through a different door than the one used to come into it.
    143
    A single magpie is considered a sign of bad luck. A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar recites an old proverb concerning the incidence of bad weather when magpies forage alone and a possible scientific explanation for this.
    49
    Once a wedding ring has been placed on the finger, it is considered bad luck to remove it.
    117
    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)
    463
    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.
    70
    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
    Pirates believed that piercing the ears with such precious metals as silver and gold improved one's eyesight.
    131