Before traveling a person should, apparently, sit on their luggage. (Russian)
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Placing a hat on the bed is, apparently, bad luck. (South Carolina)
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When you speak of bad luck, it is said that one should always knock on wood. Also knocking when speaking of good luck apparently helps with having good luck. This is an old Celtic tradition related to belief of wood spirits.
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Placing keys on a table is considered unlucky. (Sweden)
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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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It's bad luck to leave a house through a different door than the one used to come into it.
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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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Amber beads, worn as a necklace, can protect against illness or cure colds.
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