Superstitions

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    There are 26 Superstitions!

    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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    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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    It is bad luck to put new shoes on a bed (or a table) (comes from the tradition of dressing a corpse in new clothes and shoes and laying them out so everyone can give their respects) - (UK)
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    There are numerous sailors' superstitions, such as: it is considered bad luck for a ship to set sail on a Friday, to bring anything blue aboard, to stick a knife into the deck, to leave a hatch cover upside-down, to say "pig", or to eat walnuts aboard.
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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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    Pirates believed that piercing the ears with such precious metals as silver and gold improved one's eyesight.
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