Coffee
A cup of coffee can predict the weather. If the bubbles form in the middle, it will be sunny and fair weather. If the bubbles form around the outside of the cup, the weather will be changing and rain or snow is on the way. The truth to this is that in high pressure, the surface of the coffee concaves, forcing bubbles to the center thereby signaling fair weather and sunshine. In low pressure, the surface … Read entire article »
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Black Cats and Cats in General
BLACK CATS We avoid crossing paths with black cats, afraid that they might bring us bad luck. (In Turkey it’s believed that you can reverse the bad luck by holding a part of your hair when it happens.) This idea has its roots in the Middle Ages, when many people believed that witches avoided detection by turning themselves into cats. A black cat crossing one’s path by moonlight means death in an epidemic. – Irish superstition King Charles … Read entire article »
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Cigarettes and Matches
It is bad luck to light three cigarettes with the same match. … Read entire article »
Changelings
In medieval Britain, parents sometimes believed that their child had been taken away by the fairy people and substituted with a changeling. There were a number of tests to find out. One was to put a shoe in a bowl of soup in front of the baby: if it laughed, showing it understood the joke, it was a fairy. Similarly, if you pretended to try to make a loaf of bread in an eggshell in … Read entire article »
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Coins
See a penny pick it up, all day long you’ll have good luck. See a penny let it lie, all day long you’ll have to cry. You’ll have good luck if you pick up a coin and it’s heads side up. Bad luck if it’s tails. Early American thin silver coins were bent twice to ward off witches, while a single bend attested to a loved one. A silver dime in the churn would ensure a plentiful amount of butter … Read entire article »
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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! 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 best friend’s father died around the same time.I’ve been seeing single black crows for some time now. I was told when this happens, I … Read entire article »
Christmas Superstitions
Mistletoe should never be brought into the home before New Years Eve. It’s unlucky to take down mistletoe used as a Christmas decoration. Therefore, the dead piece of twig is supposed to stay there until next Christmas when it is replaced. When the old piece was taken down, it then had to be burnt by an unmarried girl or else those who kissed beneath it would become enemies. On Christmas morning the first person down the stairs must quickly open the front door and sweep trouble out the door. At midnight on Christmas Eve, all water turns to wine, cattle kneel facing toward the East, horses kneel and blow as if to warm the manger, animals can speak but it is bad for a human to hear them, and the bees hum the Hundredth Psalm. If … Read entire article »
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Clocks
If a clock which has not been working suddenly chimes, there will be a death in the family. … Read entire article »
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Cheeks
If you feel your cheeks are hot or “burning” someone is talking about you. Right cheek, left cheek, why do you burn? Cursed by she that doth me any harm. If it be a maid, let her be slayed, If it be a wife, let her lose her life, And if it be a widow, long let her mourn; But if it be my own tru love, burn, cheek, burn. Cheeks and Traits: Rounded cheeks = Liveliness; wisdom. Fat cheeks = Sensuality; greed. Hollow cheeks = A cold personality; meanness. … Read entire article »
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Automobile
Good luck: 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. … Read entire article »
