Some people really dwell on them.
Others, like myself don't.
Although I respect when someone tosses salt over their shoulder at a restaurant, because that shiz cracks me up. And laughter is good. Any time and any where.
Or frantically shuts an open umbrella in a house.
It's fun, ya. But when I see a black cat walk in front of my car, I can only think...what the heck is HE DOING IN THE STREET! Ha.
A rabbits foot brings good luck. (ok, I think I had one as a little girl. ew. If I seen someone carry one now, it would break my heart.)
Step on a crack, break your mama's back. (wow. ouch.)
An itchy palm brings you money. (I am guilty, hands down guilty...while I scratch that itch, it does cross my mind)
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away
- To find a four-leaf clover is to find good luck
- To break a mirror will bring you seven years bad luck
- To find a horseshoe brings good luck
- You can break a bad luck spell by turning seven times in a clockwise circle
- Garlic protects from evil spirits and vampires
- Our fate is written in the stars
- At the end of a rainbow is a pot of gold
- Clothes worn inside out will bring good luck
- Wearing your birthstone will bring you good luck
- If you blow out all of the candles on your birthday cake with the first breath you will get whatever you wish for
- To have a wish come true using a wishbone, two people make a wish, then take hold of each end of the bone and pull it until it separates. The person with the longer end gets his or her wish
- A beginner will always have good luck: beginner's luck
- A cat has nine lives
- Eating fish makes you smart
- Toads cause warts
- A cricket in the house brings good luck
- Crossing your fingers helps to avoid bad luck and helps a wish come true
- It is bad luck to sing at the table
- It is bad luck to sleep on a table
- After receiving a container of food, the container should never be returned empty
- A lock of hair from a baby's first haircut should be kept for good luck
- A bird that comes in your window brings bad luck
- To refuse a kiss under mistletoe causes bad luck
- Goldfish in the pond bring good luck
- Goldfish in the house bring bad luck
- For good luck, wear new clothes on Easter
- An acorn at the window can keep lightning out of the house
- If the bottom of your feet itch, you will make a trip
- When a dog howls, death is near
- It is bad luck to chase someone with a broom
- A sailor wearing an earring cannot drown
- To find a penny heads up, brings good luck
- To cure a sty, rub it with a gold wedding band
- Animals can talk at midnight on Christmas Eve
- A drowned woman floats face up, a drowned man floats face down
- A person cannot drown before going under three times
- To drop a fork means a woman will visit
- To drop a knife means a man will visit
- To drop a spoon means a child will visit
- To drop a dishcloth means bad luck is coming
- If you shiver, someone is casting a shadow on your grave
- To make a happy marriage, the bride must wear: something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue
- The wedding veil protects the bride from the evil eye
- Washing a car will bring rain
- You must get out of bed on the same side you got in on or you will have bad luck
- Evil spirits cannot harm you when you are standing in a circle
- A cat will try to take the breath from a baby
- Warm hands, cold heart
- Cold hands, warm heart
- It is unlucky to rock an empty rocking chair
- To kill an albatross is to cause bad luck to the ship and all upon it
- Wearing an opal when it is not your birthstone is bad luck
- Smell dandelions, wet the bed
- To give someone a purse or wallet without money in it will bring that person bad luck
- A forked branch, held with a fork in each hand, will dip and point when it passes over water
Happy Friday The Thirteenth.
Don't worry about all the superstitions.
Live on the edge, and maybe wash your car. It brings rain.
And boy, how sweet would some rain be. Candles, rain, coffee, and cuddles. Yes.
Or. You can get real creative tonight, and make one of these. For a gift. Or for that PERFECT family picture. They are running a special today, for the 13th superstitions. boom.
Canvas pictures
You're welcome. 11X14's for twenty? yes. double yes.
Based on my experience....they are pretty fine and dandy. Order and slap that baby on a wall.
Christmas is around the corner kids. Don't shoot the messenger.
Play hard this weekend. And be good.
Don't drink and drive.
And eat well. Always eat well.
xoxo
L
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