Archive for October, 2009

An acorn should be carried to bring luck and ensure a long life. An acorn at the window will keep lightning out. Amazon.com Widgets [Continue]

Revealing your age is unlucky. To discern someone’s age: Take one of his or her head hairs and tie it to a small gold ring, suspending it inside a glass. A person’s age is revealed by the number of times the ring strikes the inside of the glass. Amazon.com Widgets [Continue]

It is bad luck to: Quote Macbeth. Sing or hum Three Blind Mice or I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls (the tune from The Bohemian Girl). Whistle. Wear peacock feathers. Have a play open on a Friday. Perform Macbeth, Robin Hood, and Babes in the Wood. Have visitors enter dressingrooms with their left feet [Continue]

It is bad luck to: Have real flowers on stage. Catch part of your costume on entering the scene. Have a picture of an ostrich on stage. Use real food, drink, or jewelry on stage. Open an umbrella on stage. Have a cat on stage. Use the words “turkey” and “bomb.” [Continue]

It is bad luck to: Receive a bouquet at the stage door before the play begins. Have loops in a drop curtain Look at the audience from the wrong side of the drop curtain when it is down. Knit on or beside the stage. Quote the last word of a forthcoming play. [Continue]

It is bad luck to: Carry a makeup box. Upset a makeup box. Use a new set of greasepaint on opening night. Clean a makeup box. Have an actor look over your shoulder while you are making up. Leave a piece of soap behind that you have been using on tour. Have pictures in the [Continue]

It is good luck to: Wear a wig. Find a piece of cotton on another actor and wind it around your finger Perform Cinderella. Have a hunchback in the company. Have visitors enter dressing rooms with their right feet first. Drink champagne on opening night. [Continue]

It is good luck to: Have shoes that squeak when making your first stage entrance. Trip on entering the scene on the opening night of a play. Fall during the play. Say “shit” or “merde” once during a performance. [Continue]

It is good luck to: Throw a piece of coal into the gallery from the stage. Be pinched. Have someone wish you “break a leg!” before the performance. Have a bad rehearsal. Start a performance thirteen minutes late. Have a cat backstage. [Continue]

It is good luck to: Have telegrams on the dressing room walls. Have dolls and other mascots in the dressing room. Dance on accidentally dropped powder. Accidentally smear lipstick on your teeth when putting makeup on for a play. Keep a lucky rabbit’s foot in the makeup box. Kick off a pair of shoes and [Continue]