This document discusses several common superstitions, including that black cats bring bad luck, Friday the 13th is an unlucky day, four-leaf clovers bring luck, broken mirrors mean 7 years of bad luck, wedding traditions ensure prosperity and fertility, seeing a chimney sweep brings good luck, and the number 13 is unlucky. It provides brief explanations of the supposed meanings and origins of these superstitions.
2. Black catBlack cat
Many people believe that black cat
that ran through them the way
brings them bad luck.
So stop and wait until someone else
first will cross the road. Always
better when someone else will be
damned.
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4. Friday the 13thFriday the 13th
For many people this is a disastrous
combination.
On this day many people do not move out
of the house.
The best stay in bed. Or hide under a table.
Hiding under the table is safer than staying
in bed because it is possible that the bricks
from the ceiling
falls on our heads.
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6. Four-leaf clover
Four-leaf clover - lucky guarantee, if we give
it another person, even dried, we will have
lucky in love. According to tradition, every
leaf clover symbolizes something. The first
is hope, second is faith, third is love, fourth
is happiness.
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8. Broken mirror
In many homes, people wring their
hands, when the mirror is broken .
Why? It knows almost everyone.
Broken mirror means seven years
bad luck.
9.
10. Weedding
All Brides knows that during the wedding must
have "something white" - a symbol of purity
of feeling, "something blue"-most often they
choose the garter, a blue color to provide a pair
of successful offspring, "something borrowed„
- a small trifle borrowed Bride is to ensure the
favor of her husband's family. The bride should
also carry a piece of bread, sugar cube
and a small coin in your shoe - it is guarantee
a prosperous life
14. The number "13"
Many people believe that this number
brings bad luck. There is nothing
worse than to have the number 13th
in the log, or live on the 13th floor.
In some hotels do not find a room
number 13.
