According to an age old custom, carrying a dead shrew in your pocket wards off rheumatism!
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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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Pirates believed that piercing the ears with such precious metals as silver and gold improved one's eyesight.
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Before traveling a person should, apparently, sit on their luggage. (Russian)
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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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A single magpie is considered a sign of bad luck. A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar recites an old proverb concerning the incidence of bad weather when magpies forage alone and a possible scientific explanation for this.
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An acorn should be carried to bring luck and ensure a long life.
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Once a wedding ring has been placed on the finger, it is considered bad luck to remove it.
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