Placing a hat on the bed is, apparently, bad luck. (South Carolina)
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An acorn at the window will keep lightning out
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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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Once a wedding ring has been placed on the finger, it is considered bad luck to remove it.
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Placing keys on a table is considered unlucky. (Sweden)
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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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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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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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