- don't walk under a ladder
- friday the 13th is unlucky
- if your ear burns someone is talking about you
- good luck follows a four leaf clover
- a black cat crossing one's path foretells bad luck
- it is good to find a pin
- a blister on the tongue means that one has told a lie
- the gift of a knife cuts a friendship
- one who finds a horseshoe must return at once to his home to hang it over his door with the prongs up for good luck
- spilled salt brings bad luck - throw a bit over the left shoulder for luck
- bubbles in coffee means money
- a cracked mirror brings seven years bad luck
- bubbles in the tea mean visitor
- always stir the batter in the same direction
- a lock of hair from a baby's first haircut should be kept for good luck.
- young couples or friends walking together when they are forced to separate by an obstacle, such as a pole or another person. by saying the phrase, "bread and butter" the bad luck of letting something come between them is thought to be averted. both walkers must say the phrase, and if they do not do this, then a bitter quarrel is expected to occur.
- "13 at a table" being unlucky - this belief states that when 13 people are seated together at a table, one will die within a year
- literally touching/knocking on wood, or merely stating that you are, in order to avoid "tempting fate" after making a favourable observation, a boast, or speaking of one's own death
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