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Black Cats and Cats in General
BLACK CATS We avoid crossing paths with black cats, afraid that they might bring us bad luck. (In Turkey it’s believed that you can reverse the bad luck by holding a part of your hair when it happens.) This idea has its roots in the Middle Ages, when many people believed that witches avoided detection by turning themselves into cats. A black cat crossing one’s path by moonlight means death in an epidemic. – Irish superstition King Charles … Read entire article »
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Fish and Fishing
Good luck omens: Putting a coin on a float. Throw back the first fish you catch then you’ll be lucky the whole day fishing. A fish should always be eaten from the head toward the tail. Bad luck omens: Changing rods during fishing. A woman stepping over your fishing rod. Changing a previously lucky float. Casting bait without spitting on it. Asking a fisherman how many bites he has had. Baiting a hook using your left hand. Placing a net in the water before a catch … Read entire article »
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Crows
Seeing a single crow is very unlucky. Two crows mean good luck! Three means health, Four means wealth, Five is sickness & Six mean death! If you see three black crows together that means someone in your family will die. I saw three when my sister died a while back. My best friend’s father died around the same time.I’ve been seeing single black crows for some time now. I was told when this happens, I … Read entire article »
Surgery and Wounds
A Russian superstitions says: Never demonstrate another’s surgery or wound on your own body with your hand or other means as you are likely to visit that upon yourself. You may try to remedy this by wiping away the spot where the imaginary incision was made with your hand, Then blowing on your hand to blow it away to the wind, and covering it with the sign of the cross. … Read entire article »
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Leaves
If you catch a falling leaf on the first day of autumn you will not catch a cold all winter. … Read entire article »
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Hiccups
Ukrainians believe that if you have the hiccups, someone is thinking of you. Cures: Take a straw from the broom break it in half burn each end and place it on the top of your head in the shape of a cross to cure the hiccups. … Read entire article »
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Ascension Day
According to the Christian calendar, Ascension Day represents the day Christ ascended to heaven and occurs on the Thursday following the fifth Sunday after Easter. Working on Ascension Day is bad luck and brings about accidents. Weather Omens: Sun on Ascension Day foretells a long hot summer. Rain on Ascension Day means cattle will suffer disease and crops will fail. On Ascension Day clouds form the image of a lamb. Eggs: Eggs laid on Ascension Day will never go bad. Eggs laid on Ascension Day and placed on the roof will bring good luck for the whole year. Gifts: If you make a gift to the blind or poor you will be blessed with great wealth during the year. Cures: Biting into the bark of a peach tree at midnight on Ascension Day cures goiter. Rain collected on Ascension Day … Read entire article »
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Frogs
A frog coming into the house is lucky – some say good luck, some say bad luck. Finding a frog outside is lucky. Touching a frog makes you infertile. Carrying the bones of a frog that has been ritually killed gives you magic abilities. Putting a frog tongue on a person while they sleep will make them reveal their secrets to you. Cures: Put a live frog in the patient’s mouth to cure thrush with the frog’s breath. Wear the body of a dried frog or powered frog livers around your neck in a silk bag to avoid epilepsy. Swallow live young frogs to cure weakness, consumption and cancer. Rub a live frog on warts and impale the frog on a tree to die to make warts go away. To cure whooping cough, eat frog soup. To treat eye problems a … Read entire article »
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Dogs
It’s bad luck to meet a barking dog early in the morning. It’s good luck to meet a Dalmation or a Greyhound with a white spot. Black poodles appear on the graves of clergymen who have broken their vows. It’s good luck for a strange dog to follow you home. When a strange dog enters your house it’s a symbol of a new friendship. In baseball, It’s bad luck for the batting team if a dog walks across the playing field. Running: A dog running between a dating couple means they will fight and not marry. A dog running between a woman’s legs means her father or husband will punish her for something. Colored dogs: It’s good luck for a black dog to follow you home. If you dream of a black dog, or to see an image of a black dog … Read entire article »
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