Superstitions Online » numbers http://superstitionsonline.com Spells, charms, rituals, taboos; Searchable and entertaining, find your fears, wonders and worries here. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:10:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Four http://superstitionsonline.com/four/ http://superstitionsonline.com/four/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:48:54 +0000 Superstitions http://superstitionsonline.com/?p=574 In Japan and Taiwan, there is a superstition that four is an unlucky number because the number four has the identical pronunciation as the word ‘death’, so most people tend to avoid it and most hotels don’t use the number four.

Reference: http://www.topics-mag.com/internatl/superstitions/japan.htm

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  • Transferring “lucky” items from an old car to a new car.
  • Buying the car of a wealthy person increases your chances of becoming wealthy too.

Bad luck:

  • Buying a car on the thirteenth of a month.
  • Buying a car with 13 in the license plate.
  • Changing a car that has been trouble free for a new one.
  • Cleaning your car brings rain.
  • Green cars.
  • Talking about an accident just before starting a journey by car.
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