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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]

Bagpipes

In Italy, bagpipe drones are traditionally tied with red ribbon to ward off the devil. Some believe that you should only walk clockwise, never walk counter-clockwise while playing piobaireachd. Many people believe that you should never play Lord Lovat’s Lament at a wedding. This one has some historical basis to it. Simon Fraser kidnapped, raped [Continue]

Inside Out or Backwards

If you accidentally find yourself wearing or doing something inside out or backwards, you’re in for a pleasant surprise! But you must not correct yourself. New Jersey children believe that if you wear your pajamas to bed inside out and backwards it’s sure to snow during the night. Amazon.com Widgets [Continue]

Birds in General

If a bird enters the house there will be a death in the family. A Robin flying into the house is good luck. Seeing a single crow is very unlucky. But 2 mean good luck! 3 means health, 4 means wealth, 5 is sickness & 6 mean death! Many people used to believe that owls [Continue]

Pregnancy & Predicting the Sex of the Baby

See also: Babies and Birth Malaysia: When in labor, neither mother or father should sit at the top of the stairs, as blocking any passage prolongs delivery. If you are pregnant, wear perfume if you go out at night because it keeps bad spirits away. (Gannett) If you’re pregnant, you don’t want to be caught [Continue]

Beards

Beware of the man, be he friend or brother, Whose hair is one color and beard another. It’s bad luck to cut your beard. You’ll have a lucky life if your beard is bushy. Whistling makes your beard grow. [Continue]

Baseball

Baseball

It’s bad luck for Baseball season to begin on a Friday. Fingers of a player’s glove must be left pointing to his team’s dugout when he goes to bat. It’s bad luck for a player to meet a member of the clergy on the way to the baseball ground. It’s bad luck to have a [Continue]

Babies and Birth

Babies and Birth

See also Pregnancy and Predicting the Sex of the Baby Birth is made easier if all the locks in the house are open and you keep an axe under the bed. A child born feet first or breech, will be lamed in an accident. A baby that is born feet first will have healing abilities. [Continue]

Butterfly

If the first butterfly you see in the year is white, you will have good luck all year. Three butterflies together mean good luck. [Continue]

Broom

Do not lean a broom against a bed. The evil spirits in the broom will cast a spell on the bed. If you sweep trash out the door after dark, it will bring a stranger to visit. If someone is sweeping the floor and sweeps over your feet, you’ll never get married. Never take a [Continue]

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