Superstitions

    Random Superstitions

    There are 26 Superstitions!

    According to an age old custom, carrying a dead shrew in your pocket wards off rheumatism!
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    Pirates believed that piercing the ears with such precious metals as silver and gold improved one's eyesight.
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    An acorn at the window will keep lightning out
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    If you catch a falling leaf on the first day of autumn you will not catch a cold all winter.
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    At times, a horseshoe may be found above doorways. When positioned like a regular 'U' it supposedly collects luck. However, when it is positioned like an upside-down 'U' the luck supposedly drains.
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    In Asia, the digit 4 never appears in any Nokia handset model number, because 4 is considered unlucky in many parts of Southeast/East Asia.
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    It's bad luck to leave a house through a different door than the one used to come into it.
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    If one walks underneath an open ladder it is said to bring bad luck. Sometimes it is said that this can be undone by immediately walking backwards back underneath the ladder.
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