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Feet
If you accidentally scrape your right foot on the ground while walking you will meet a friend. If you accidentally scrape your left foot on the ground while walking you will be disappointed. It’s bad luck to enter a new place with your left foot. It’s bad luck to dress the left foot before the right. Itchy feet for no reason means you will start a journey to a place you’ve never been before. It’s bad luck to meet a barefooted woman in the morning. Toes: If you have an extra toe, you will be lucky in life. If your second toe is longer than your first, you’ll have a bad temper. A woman with a second toe longer than her big toe will dominate her marriage. It’s good luck to have a webbed toe. … Read entire article »
Filed under: F
Beards
Beware of the man, be he friend or brother, Whose hair is one color and beard another. It’s bad luck to cut your beard. You’ll have a lucky life if your beard is bushy. Whistling makes your beard grow. … Read entire article »
Filed under: B
Cheeks
If you feel your cheeks are hot or “burning” someone is talking about you. Right cheek, left cheek, why do you burn? Cursed by she that doth me any harm. If it be a maid, let her be slayed, If it be a wife, let her lose her life, And if it be a widow, long let her mourn; But if it be my own tru love, burn, cheek, burn. Cheeks and Traits: Rounded cheeks = Liveliness; wisdom. Fat cheeks = Sensuality; greed. Hollow cheeks = A cold personality; meanness. … Read entire article »
Filed under: C
Woodpecker
Expect a visitor if you hear a woodpecker picking on a tree in your neighborhood. … Read entire article »
Filed under: W
Knock on Wood
Ancient people believed that evil spirts lived in trees. To scare them away they would hit the tree. This is where our custom of “knocking on wood” comes from – to hope that bad things won’t happen. You must knock on wood 3 times after mentioning good fortune or the evil spirits will ruin things for you. … Read entire article »
Filed under: W
Ladders
Walking under a ladder is brings bad luck. A leaning ladder forms a triangle with the wall and ground. Triangles represent the Holy Trinity, and it’s a direct violation of the Trinity if you walk through it. This would put you in league with the devil. If you walk under the ladder, you might not suffer bad luck if you had your fingers crossed while doing so. Reference: Old Superstitions: Which Ones Do You Live By? … Read entire article »
Filed under: L
Baseball
It’s bad luck for Baseball season to begin on a Friday. Fingers of a player’s glove must be left pointing to his team’s dugout when he goes to bat. It’s bad luck for a player to meet a member of the clergy on the way to the baseball ground. It’s bad luck to have a left handed pitcher on your team. It’s bad luck for the batting team if a dog walks across the playing field. Bat: It’s bad luck to lend your bat to a teammate. A split bat is bad luck. A bat left lying crosswise in front of a dugout is bad luck. It’s good luck to leave a piece of chewing gum stuck to the top of a bat. It’s good luck to spit on your hands before picking up a bat. If a player changes bats … Read entire article »
Filed under: B
Axe
Bringing an ax into the home brings death. It’s bad luck to dream about an axe. Having cattle step over an axe when taken out of the pasture for the first time in spring protects them against evil magic. … Read entire article »
Filed under: A
Automobile Racing
The following things bring bad luck for race car drivers: Talking to a woman before a race Getting into the car on the side of the exhaust pipe. Walking in front of the car more than once before the start of the race. Signing autographs Having pictures taken. Eating peanuts before a race. Having a woman in the garage area. … Read entire article »
