Black Cat Superstitions
A black cat crossing a road can carry opposite meanings only a few hundred miles apart....
Breaking a Mirror Superstition
Breaking a mirror is most famously associated with seven years of bad luck, but surviving folklore...
Evil Eye Superstitions
The evil eye is not always imagined as a deliberate curse. Italian records describe malocchio as...
Eye Twitching Superstitions
A twitching eyelid can carry opposite meanings in different folklore records. One Chinese tradition reads the...
Horseshoe Superstitions
A horseshoe can mean luck, household protection, protection from witches, or a charm carried through danger,...
Itchy Palm Superstitions
An itchy palm does not have one fixed meaning in recorded folklore. In some English traditions,...
Knocking on Wood Superstition
Knocking on wood is usually performed after words that seem capable of tempting fate: a boast,...
New Year Superstitions
New Year luck is often attached to the first food eaten, the first person through the...
Number 13 Superstitions
The number 13 does not carry one fixed meaning across cultures. In much of Anglo-American and...
Opening an Umbrella Indoors Superstition
Opening an umbrella indoors does not carry one fixed meaning in the folklore record. Irish collections...
Pregnancy Superstitions
Pregnancy superstitions turn dreams, food cravings, body shape, ordinary movements, and even eclipses into signs about...
Spilling Salt Superstition
Spilling salt has carried several different meanings in recorded folklore. An Irish collection from County Sligo...
Wedding Superstitions
Rain on a wedding day can carry opposite meanings in different traditions. Italian folklore records describe...
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