Superstitions M - Z

Superstitions M - Z

MANDRAKE

- Mandrake is a mysterious plant believed to have powers of preventing sterility in men and animals, causing barren women to bear children, and compelling love.

- Mandrake is thought to have aphrodisiac and fertilizing properties.

- Clairvoyants use mandrake to increase their visions to enable them to see strange and wonderful things.

MARRIAGE

Wediing superstitions

MILK

- It's bad luck to let milk boil over.

MIRROR

- To break a mirror means 7 years bad luck.

- It is unlucky to see your face in a mirror by candlelight.

- A mirror should be covered during a thunderstorm because it attracts lightning.

- If a mirror in the house falls and breaks by itself, someone in the house will die soon.

MISTLETOE

- Mistletoe in the house protects it from thunder and lightning. It also cures many diseases, is an antidote to poison and brings good luck and fertility.

- A girl standing under a mistletoe cannot refuse to be kissed by anyone who claims the privilege.

MOTH

- A white moth inside the house or trying to enter the house means death.

NOSE

- If your nose itches, someone is coming to see you. If it's the right nostril, the visitor will be a female, left nostril, male.

NUMBERS

- See each individual number alphabetically.

ONION

- An onion cut in half and placed under the bed of a sick person will draw off fever and poisons.

- A wish will come true if you make it while burning onions.

OPAL

- Unless you were born in October, it's unlucky to wear opals.

OWL

- It is bad luck to see an owl in the sunlight.

PENCIL

- If you use the same pencil to take a test that you used for studying for the test, the pencil will remember the answers.

PEPPER

- If you spill pepper you will have a serious argument with your best friend.

PHOTOGRAPH

- If 3 people are photographed together, the one in the middle will die first.

RABBIT'S FOOT

- A rabbit's foot will bring luck and protect the owner from evil spirits if carried in the pocket.

RAINBOW

- A rainbow in the Eastern sky, The morrow will be fine and dry. A rainbow in the West that gleams, Rain tomorrow falls in streams.

RAVEN

- To kill a raven is to harm the spirit of King Arthur who visits the world in the form of a raven.

RED

- A red ribbon should be placed on a child who has been sick to keep the illness from returning.

ROBIN

- A wish made upon seeing the first robin in spring will come true - but only if you complete the wish before the robin flies away.

ROCKING CHAIR

- If you leave a rocking chair rocking when empty, it invites evil spirits to come into your house to sit in the rocking chair.

ROSEMARY

- Rosemary planted by the doorstep will keep witches away.

SALT

- Bad luck will follow the spilling of salt unless a pinch is thrown over the left shoulder into the face of the devil waiting there.

- Put salt on the doorstep of a new house and no evil can enter.

- Salty soup is a sign that the cook is in love.

SCISSORS

- If you drop scissors, it means your lover is being unfaithful to you.

SEA GULL

- Three seagulls flying together, directly overhead, are a warning of death soon to come.

SEVEN

- To break a mirror brings seven years of bad luck. The cure: to bury the pieces, or run them in a stream.

- The seventh son of a seventh son has magic powers, according to Irish folklore, but is a vampire in Romanian legend.

SHOES

- Do not place shoes upon a table, for this will bring bad luck for the day, cause trouble with your mate and you might even lose your job as a result.

- It's bad luck to leave shoes upside down.

SINGING

- If you sing before seven, you will cry before eleven.

SLEEP

- You sleep best with your head to the north and your feet to the south.

SNEEZE

- Place a hand in front of your mouth when sneezing. Your soul may escape otherwise.

- The devil can enter your body when you sneeze. Having someone say, "God bless you," drives the devil away.

- If you sneeze on a Monday, you sneeze for danger;
Sneeze on a Tuesday, kiss a stranger;
Sneeze on a Wednesday, sneeze for a letter;
Sneeze on a Thursday, something better;
Sneeze on a Friday, sneeze for sorrow;
Sneeze on a Saturday, see your sweetheart tomorrow.
Sneeze on a Sunday, and the devil will have domination over you all week.

- One for sorrowTwo for joyThree for a letterFour for a boy. Five for silverSix for goldSeven for a secret, never to be told

SPARROW

- Sparrows carry the souls of the dead, it's unlucky to kill one.

SPIDER

- Seeing a spider run down a web in the afternoon means you'll take a trip.

- A spider is a repellent against plague when worn around the neck in a walnut shell.

STARS

- All wishes on shooting stars come true.

- Star light, star bright First star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might Have the wish I wish tonight.

SWAN

- A swan's feather, sewed into the husband's pillow, will ensure fidelity.

THIRTEEN

- If 13 people sit down at a table to eat, one of them will die before the year is over.
- FRIDAY THE 13TH - how is fear of the number thirteen demonstarted?

- More than 80 percent of high-rises lack a 13th floor.

- Many airports skip the 13th gate.

- Airplanes have no 13th aisle.

- Hospitals and hotels regularly have no room number 13.

- Italians omit the number 13 from their national lottery.

- On streets in Florence, Italy, the house between number 12 and 14 is addressed as 12 and a half.

- Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue

- In France, socialites known as the quatorziens (fourteeners) once made themselves available as 14th guests to keep a dinner party from an unlucky fate.

- Many triskaidekaphobes, as those who fear the unlucky integer are known, point to the ill-fated mission to the moon, Apollo 13.

- If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil's luck . Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names.

TONGUE

- If you bite your tongue while eating, it is because you have recently told a lie.

UMBRELLA

- Dropping an umbrella on the floor means that there will be a murder in the house.

- It's bad luck to open an umbrella inside the house, especially if you put it over your head.

VALENTINE'SDAY

- If a woman sees a robin flying overhead on Valentine's Day, it means she will marry a sailor. If she sees a sparrow, she will marry a poor man and be very happy. If she sees a goldfinch, she will marry a millionaire.

VEIL

- A bride's veil protects her from evil spirits who are jealous of happy people.

WATERMELON

- A watermelon will grow in your stomach if you swallow a watermelon seed.

WEATHER

- Red sky at night, Sailor's delight. Red sky at morningSailors take warning

- Rain, rain, go away, Come again another day. Rain on the green grassRain on the hillside, But not on me.

WEDDING

Wedding superstitions

WOOD

- Knock three times on wood after mentioning good fortune so evil spirits won't ruin it.

WINDOW

- All windows should be opened at the moment of death so that the soul can leave.

WISH

- If you make a wish while throwing a coin into a well or fountain, the wish will come true.

- Wish I may,Wish I mightHave the wish I wish tonight.

- If you tell someone your wish, it won't come true.

WISHBONE

- Two people pull apart the dried breastbone of a chicken or turkey until it cracks and breaks, each one making a wish while doing so. The person who gets the long half of the wishbone will have his or her wish come true.

X

- The number of Xs in the palm of your right hand is the number of children you will have.

YAWN

- A yawn is a sign that danger is near.

- Cover your mouth when you yawn, or your soul can go out of your body along with the yawn.