Superstitions

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    There are 26 Superstitions!

    Collect seven or nine different flowers on midsummer eve and place them under your pillow and it is said that you will dream of your future spouse. (Sweden)
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    An acorn at the window will keep lightning out
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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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    Once a wedding ring has been placed on the finger, it is considered bad luck to remove it.
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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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    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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    It's bad luck to leave a house through a different door than the one used to come into it.
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