Could it be true?
- Celebrating or even congratulating someone on a birthday before the day arrives brings bad luck, at least in some parts of the world.
- If you receive a sharp knife or a pair of scissors as a present, give the person a coin in return. Otherwise it could mean severing a relationship.
- Avoid sleeping with your head facing north. According to a Japanese superstition it is bad luck to sleep with your head facing this way as that is the direction one is laid to rest.
- In France it is considered bad luck if you step into doggy poop with your right foot although it is considered lucky if it is with your left foot.
- In Portugal it is considered bad luck to walk backwards, as they believe that you are then showing the devil which way you are going.
- In Spain it is thought of as bad luck to enter a room with your left foot. It is always better to enter or leave with your right foot.
- Don't open your umbrella before you head outside or else bad luck will rain on you.
- Women in ancient Britain kept acorns in their pockets to ensure a youthful complexion!
- It is considered bad luck to leave a house through a different door than the one used to come into it.
- Rosemary planted by the doorstep will keep witches away.
- Knock three times on wood after mentioning good fortune so evil spirits won't ruin it.
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