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Bird Superstitions: Crows

Bird Superstitions: 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!   Reader Submitted   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 [Continue]

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 [Continue]

Leaves

If you catch a falling leaf on the first day of autumn you will not catch a cold all winter. Amazon.com Widgets [Continue]

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. [Continue]

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 [Continue]

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 [Continue]

Foxes

Fish

When Sharks are following a ship, especially three sharks, it’s a death omen. Carp: Carrying a carp fish charm brings good luck, especially to lovers. Cod: Carrying the dried eye of a cod will bring good luck. Eel: Wearing an eelskin garter cures cramps. Rubbing a wart with eels’ blood makes it go away. A [Continue]

Dogs

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 [Continue]

Deer

Venison, or deer flesh, can be poisonous because during the summer deer eat snakes. Deers cry when fatally wounded or over the loss of their horns. Wear a piece of deer hoof in a ring to cure epilepsy. It’s bad luck to meet a stag. Ground stag antlers enhances virility. [Continue]

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