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25 Oct, 2009

Singing

If you sing before breakfast you’ll cry before night.

Feet 0

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25 Oct, 2009

Feet

If you accidentally scrape your right foot on the ground while walking you will meet a friend. If you accidentally scrape your left foot on the ground while walking you will be disappointed. It’s...

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25 Oct, 2009

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....

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24 Oct, 2009

Woodpecker

Expect a visitor if you hear a woodpecker picking on a tree in your neighborhood.

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24 Oct, 2009

Ladders

Walking under a ladder is brings bad luck. A leaning ladder forms a triangle with the wall and ground. Triangles represent the Holy Trinity, and it’s a direct violation of the Trinity if you...

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24 Oct, 2009

Axe

Bringing an ax into the home brings death. It’s bad luck to dream about an axe. Having cattle step over an axe when taken out of the pasture for the first time in spring...

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24 Oct, 2009

Automobile Racing

The following things bring bad luck for race car drivers: Talking to a woman before a race Getting into the car on the side of the exhaust pipe. Walking in front of the car...

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24 Oct, 2009

Aurora Borealis

Aurora Borealis, or the Northern Lights, is the name given to the colored lights in the sky observed in the extreme Northern Hemisphere. Seeing the aurora borealis means there will be war. Spirits cavorting...

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24 Oct, 2009

Ashes

See also FIRE In the home: Scattering ashes over the roof of a house protects it against thunder and lightning. Sweeping out ashes on Christmas is bad luck. Sweeping out ashes on a Friday...

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24 Oct, 2009

Ascension Day

According to the Christian calendar, Ascension Day represents the day Christ ascended to heaven and occurs on the Thursday following the fifth Sunday after Easter. Working on Ascension Day is bad luck and brings...

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