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Stairs
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. … Read entire article »
Apron
If your apron string becomes loosened, your true love is thinking of you. New York. If your apron drops off, you’ll lose your beau. The same is true if you lose your garter. Stevens Point, Wis. If a girl wet her apron in washing, it is a sign that she will have a drunken husband. Labrador, Scilly Cove, N.F., and New England. … Read entire article »
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Weddings and Marriage
The keyword “marriage” is tagged in many superstitions on the site. Find those posts HERE Day of the Wedding and During the Ceremony: Good luck Ukrainian: If it rains on your wedding day you will grow wealthy. Happy is the bride that the sun shines on. A bride must step over the church sill with her right foot. As the bride leaves the home she should step over the thresh hold with her right foot. Old slippers or rice (for fertility) must be thrown after a bride for good luck. It is good luck to see a chimney sweep on the way to church. Bad Luck If the groom drops the wedding band during the ceremony, the marriage is doomed. It is unlucky to drop the ring at the marriage ceremony. If it rains on the wedding, the bride will cry all … Read entire article »
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Hair and Nails
An uncovered bald head will bring rain. If you shave your head on a Saturday, you will always be in debt. You shouldn’t wash your hair the day before a test. If you ever cut your hair at the waning of the moon, it won’t grow luxuriantly. Hair cut off should always be burned; it is unlucky to throw shorn hair away; otherwise, birds might make a nest of your hair, weaving tightly, so that you would have difficulty rising on your last day. Choosing to cut your hair (or nails) on a particular day means the following: cut them on Monday, you cut them for health; cut them on Tuesday, you cut them for wealth; cut them on Wednesday, you cut them for news; cut them on Thursday, a new pair of shoes; cut them on Friday, you cut … Read entire article »
Aphrodisiacs
Ancient and modern aphrodisiacs: Aphrodisiacs are substances believed to increase sexual desire. Fruits and vegetables: Apples Artichoke Asparagus Cabbage Celery Leek Lettuce Parsnip Potatoes Tomatoes Turnips Seafood: Caviar Clams Oysters Animals: Bulls’ testicles Eggs Lizards Partridge Items of human origin: Human hearts Semen Urine … 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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Bed and Sleeping
Turning a feather bed on a Sunday gives the people who use it bad dreams for a week. Feather beds make it difficult for a dying person to die. Marriage If you make a bedspread, or a quilt, be sure to finish it or marriage will never come to you Make the foot of the bed before the head, or else my dear, you’ll never wed! Having an unfinished bedspread in the house prevents anyone in the house from being married. If a single woman sleeps with a piece of wedding cake under her pillow, she will dream of her future husband. You’ll have a restless night’s sleep: If a bed is placed facing north and south, it also brings misfortune. If a bed is placed across floorboards rather than with themt. When making the bed, don’t interrupt your … Read entire article »
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Apples
Think of five or six names of boys or girls you might marry, As you twist the stem of an apple, recite the names until the stem comes off. You will marry the person whose name you were saying when the stem fell off. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. If you cut an apple in half and count how many seeds are inside, you will also know how many children you will have. Apples are … Read entire article »
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