· A bat in the house is a sign of death.
· A beginner will always have good luck: beginner's luck.
· A bird that comes in your window brings bad luck.
· A cat has nine lives.
· A cat will try to take the breath from a baby.
· A cricket in the house brings good luck.
· A drowned woman floats face up, a drowned man floats face down.
· A forked branch, held with a fork in each hand, will dip and point when it passes over water.
· A hat on a bed will bring bad luck.
· A lock of hair from a baby's first haircut should be kept for good luck.
· A person cannot drown before going under three times.
· A rabbit's foot brings good luck.
· A sailor wearing an earring cannot drown.
· After receiving a container of food, the container should never be returned empty.
· An acorn at the window can keep lightning out of the house.
· An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
· An itchy palm means money will come your way.
· Animals can talk at midnight on Christmas Eve.
· At the end of a rainbow is a pot of gold.
· Cats can physically see spirits, so they make excellent guardians against evil spirits. They also love to play with friendly or beneficial spirits.
· Clothes worn inside out will bring good luck.
· Cold hands, warm heart.
· Crossing your fingers helps to avoid bad luck and helps a wish come true.
· Crows are viewed as a bad omen, often foretelling death. If they caw, death is very near.
· Eat an apple on Christmas Eve for good health the next year.
· Eating fish makes you smart.
· Evil spirits cannot harm you when you are standing in a circle.
· For good luck, wear new clothes on Easter.
· Friday the thirteenth is an unlucky day.
· Garlic protects from evil spirits and vampires.
· Goldfish in the house bring bad luck.
· Goldfish in the pond bring good luck.
· If a bird flies through your house, it indicates important news. If it can't get out, the news will be death.
· If a bird flies towards you, bad fortune is imminent.
· If a black cat crosses your path you will have bad luck.
· If an owl looks in your window or if you see one in the daylight, bad luck and death awaits you.
· If the bottoms of your feet itch, you will make a trip.
· If the flame of a candle flickers and then turns blue, there's a spirit in the room.
· If you blow out all of the candles on your birthday cake with the first breath you will get whatever you wish for.
· If you can remove one white hair off an all black cat, without getting scratched, you have a very powerful good luck talisman.
· If you feel a chill up your spine, someone is walking on your future grave.
· If you shiver, someone is casting a shadow on your grave.
· If you walk under a ladder, you will have bad luck.
· If your left palm itches, it means you will soon receive money; if your right palm itches, it means that you will lose or have to pay money.
· It is bad luck to chase someone with a broom.
· It is bad luck to sing at the table.
· It is bad luck to sleep on a table.
· It is unlucky to rock an empty rocking chair.
· Open an umbrella indoors and bad luck will "rain" on you.
· Our fate is written in the stars.
· Smell dandelions, wet the bed.
· Step on a crack break your mother's back.
· The superstition of knocking on wood for good luck originates from pagan beliefs in regards to trees.
· The wedding veil protects the bride from the evil eye.
· To break a mirror will bring you seven years bad luck.
· To cure a sty, rub it with a gold wedding band.
· To drop a dishcloth means bad luck is coming.
· 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 find a four-leaf clover is to find good luck.
· To find a horseshoe brings good luck.
· To find a penny heads up brings good luck.
· To give someone a purse or wallet without money in it will bring that person bad luck.
· 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.
· To kill an albatross is to cause bad luck to the ship and all upon it.
· To make a happy marriage, the bride must wear: something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.
· To open an umbrella in the house is to bring bad luck.
· To refuse a kiss under mistletoe causes bad luck.
· Toads cause warts.
· Warm hands, cold heart.
· Washing a car will bring rain.
· Wearing an opal when it is not your birthstone is bad luck.
· Wearing your birthstone will bring you good luck.
· When a dog howls, death is near.
· You can break a bad luck spell by turning seven times in a clockwise circle.
· You must get out of bed on the same side you got in on or you will have bad luck.
· You must hold your breath when you go past a cemetery or else you will breathe in the soul of someone who has recently died.
· You must knock on wood three times after mentioning good fortune or the evil spirits will ruin things for you.
