Saying God Bless You When Somebody Sneezes:
When the great plague swept Europe., sufferers began sneezing violently which was a sign of death. The Pope therefore passed a law requiring people to bless the sneezer. At the same time, it was expected that anybody sneezing would cover their mouth with a cloth or their hand. This was obviously to stop the spreading of the disease, but many believed that it was to keep the soul intact. Sneezing ‘into the air’ would allow the soul to escape and death would be imminent. Up until this time, the opposite was true. Those who sneezed were congratulated, as it was believed that a violent sneeze would expel evil from their bodies.

It’s good luck to sneeze 3 times before breakfast.

If you want to sneeze and can’t, it is a sign some one loves you, and doesn’t dare to tell it.  Boston, Mass.

In India, if a person sneezes around someone who is going on a journey or starting a project, it is bad luck to continue. The person should drink some water and wait for a while before starting again.

If we sneezed during a conversation about sickness or death, we were supposed to pull on our left ear to ward off the evil eye.

The Sneeze Rhyme

Sneeze on Monday, sneeze for danger.
Sneeze on Tuesday, kiss a stranger.
Sneeze on Wednesday, receive a letter.
Sneeze on Thursday, something better.
Sneeze on Friday, sneeze for woe.
Sneeze on Saturday, a journey go.
Sneeze on Sunday your safety seek, for the Devil has you rest of the week.
(Reader Submitted by Sam)

• If you drop a knitting-needle, you won’t be married during the present year.
• If you break many needles in a garment, it will be worn at a wedding.
• If you draw blood from a prick of the needle while making a garment, it is a sign you will be kissed the first time you wear it. Boston, Mass.
• Should needles break while sewing on a new garment, it is a sign that the owner will be married before it is worn out. New York.
• If you wear a piece of clothing while it’s being sewn, you need to chew on a piece of bread — otherwise, God will think you’re being sewn into your shroud and you will soon die.

The Swedish have used this idea for centuries: rub a cut strawberry on your teeth for a few minutes, or allow crushed berries to remain on your teeth for 5 minutes. The malic acid in the berries will clean and gently remove stains.

To find out how long you will live, blow the seeds off the head of a dandelion. You will live as many years as there are seeds left on the head.

Make a wish and blow the seeds off the head of a dandelion. If they all fly away with the breath from just one blow, your wish will come true.

Dandelion root tea will promote psychic powers. This same tea, steaming and placed beside the bed, will call spirits.

To send a message to a loved one, blow a dandelion seed head in his or her direction and visualize your message.

I found this story while looking for a photo online of St. Antonio…

Once a girl was very desesperate of marry…no man wanted her…so she ask to St.antonio..some time passed and nothin’ happened…the girl was very very angry with him (the statue of the st.Antonio), and then she throw off the window the saint, without know, and the saint statue broke in a Man head…the girl saw, and said sorry, and the man fall in love for her…then, they married

So he’s called St.Antonio of weddings

anyway–> all years couples marry in his day it bring lucky to the couple

It is said that in his final days in prison, Valentine wrote a letter to his jail keepers daughter who had been visiting him during his imprisonment. He signed the letter, “From your Valentine”. This is what is now thought of as the first Valentine card. St. Valentine is said to have died on February 14th and this is why we celebrate the holiday on this day. Others say it was in conjunction of the belief in Roman times that birds picked their mates on February 14th. Valentines cards, as we know them today, are said to have been around since the Victorian Era. Originally they were all handmade and decorated with pictures of hearts, flowers, birds and LOTS of lace. Traditionally they were also sent anonymously, even going as far as to go to another town so that they receiver of the card would not know where it was mailed from.

Throughout time, romantics throughout the world have had different legends pop up, all basically with the same end result, discovering your future mate’s identity. In England many traditions have been practiced. Ladies were supposed to pin bay leaves to her pillow on the Eve of St. Valentine’s Day. If she did this she was believed to see her future mate in her dreams that night. Another Valentines Day tradition occurred a hundred of years ago where children would dress up as adults and go door to door singing a Valentine song to celebrate the holiday. In Wales, people carve wooden spoons and embellish them with ornate keys, key holes and hearts, this symbolically meaning, “unlock my heart”. These spoons would be given to the valentines as gifts.

There are numerous superstitions that have been passed on through generations but here are just a few:

• If a woman sees a Robyn flying over head on Valentines Day she will marry a sailor. If she sees a sparrow, she will marry a poor man, but be happy. If she sees a GoldFinch, she will marry a millionaire.
• The 1st name you hear or read on Valentine’s Day will be the name of your future mate.
• In Great Britain, a woman would write down the names of her sweethearts’ on pieces of paper and attach them to clay balls. She would then drop the balls into water and the first name that surfaced would be her destined future husband.

From the Middle Ages, women would write their names on pieces of paper and they would be put into a jar. If their name was drawn by an eligible man he would take her paper and pin it on his sleeve for the week and he would be her Valentine. This is where it is believed the phrase “Wearing one’s heart on his sleeve” comes from.

In England, if a young women was curious enough, and brave enough, she could summon the appearance of her future spouse by visiting a graveyard at midnight on the Eve of St. Valentines Day and singing a prescribed song while running around a church 12 times

If you have a cup of tea handed to you, and there are little bits floating on top, they represent the number of husbands you will have–one, two, or three.

• If you have a dress with rings for a figure in it, it is a sign you will be married before it is worn out. New York.
• If you have hearts in a figure in a dress or in a shawl, you will be married before it is worn out. New York.
• If you have a new dress and there are roses in it, the person who owns the dress will be married before the dress is worn out. Salem, Mass.
• Pins in the front of a dress waist are a sign that the wearer will be an old maid. New Hampshire.
• If, in making a dress, the thread kinks badly, the person for whom it is made will either die or get married before the dress is worn out. Alabama.
• If you have a dress tried on, and any pin catches in the underclothing, every pin means that it is a year before you will be married; hence dressmakers are especially careful to pin the dress in such a way that it will slip off easily. Boston, Mass.

• If you fall up stairs, you will have a new beau.
• Tumble up stairs and you’ll not get married within the year. (Hence old maids were formerly said to be careful how they went up stairs.)
• Stumbling either up or down stairs means you’ll be married inside a year.