Every load of washing done on New Years' Day will bring news of a death in the coming year.
The first words of the new month should be 'White Rabbits'.
Never turn the calendar before the beginning of the day or month.
Never put new shoes on the table
Always leave by the same door you entered,
Never wear red and green together.
Broken mirrors are 7 years' bad luck,
See a pin, pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck.
Make a wish on a found penny. It was sent to you. "Find a penny, pick it up, all that day you'll have good luck."
A bride must have a sixpence in her shoe and should shake hands or be kissed by a chimney sweep.
Kissing a chimney sweep is always good luck.
Never give a knife as a gift - it will cut your friendship.
Never go to someone's home for the first time empty-handed.
When returning a borrowed item, such as a bowl or dish, it must not be empty.
A black cat crossing your path is bad luck,.
Cats can't sleep in the same room as children for fear of them sucking the life out of the child.
Killing a cat is bad luck, as it may be a friendly spirit!
Dead cats buried in a new foundation
protect the building from disaster. (Definitely use a previously
dead cat!)
Never speak the name of the recently dead aloud, or they will hear their name and be distracted from Heaven.
Loud talking or laughing are bad luck when a funeral procession is passing - "Never laugh when a hearse goes by or you may be the next to die."
A stick of elder should be placed under the doorstep to stop bad luck entering in.
A Broom should be made of birch to sweep the bad luck out of the house.
Rowan & elder trees by a house protect it from bad luck,.
Ivy growing on a building protect it from harm.
The oak protects buildings from lightning.
Holly plants growing in the yard protect the house and family.
It is bad luck to leave the Christmas decorations up past New Year's Day, better to have them down by the day after Christmas.
Whistle in a theatre, curse the play.
Never wish good luck as the luck will turn. Wish instead ill fortune and it too will turn.
It is bad luck for a lady to walk on the left of a gentleman.
Never be 13th in anything. Judas was the thirteenth member at the Last Supper.
Never say a made wish out loud or it will never come true.
Never wish for someone's death
or your words will set the spell.