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This is the Conversation Forum for Superstitions << Waving to Magpies What is a money spider? >> Subject: Some more good and bad superstitions Posted Oct 7, 2001 by cookin' n hookin' (rugs) in the 'burbs   Posting 1 Good Luck: Stepping in animal excrement, usually of the farm animal kind. Never let your handbag, purse, or pocketbook touch the ground your luck will run out. Red is a lucky color,especially Redheads and orange cats (also known as money cats). When you move into a new home take a new broom and sweep all the bad luck out of the house, usually the front door. Bad luck: A hat thrown on the bed will mean no children will be conceived there. A bird flying into the house and landing means death will soon come to that house. Always leave through the same door you came in, otherwise you won't come back to that house. These are just a few that I still remember and occasionally still follow out of habit. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Some more good and bad superstitions Posted Oct 22, 2001 by Cheerful Dragon This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 That one about sweeping out bad luck is interesting. I think the Chinese believe that you shouldn't sweep the house on New Year's Day, as you'll sweep out any good luck that's come to you. Another superstition for moving to a new house is to open all the cupboards and yell into them. This has the same effect as a house-warming party - loud noises scare away evil spirits. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Some more good and bad superstitions Posted Dec 18, 2001 by cookin' n hookin' (rugs) in the 'burbs This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 This one I got from my brother-in-law: Take a bath or shower in money on New Years Eve. Any denomination although the larger the bill the more prosperous your New Year will be Happy New Year to All Subject: Some more good and bad superstitions Posted Jul 20, 2002 by Beaver This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Another random thing i recently heard was bout Feng Shui (or howeva u spell it!) and ppl that follow it say that wen u move in2 a new home u shud put salt in the corners of the rooms and petals under the windows and door frames. Again the salt 2 scare away evil spirits and the rose petals 2 invite good luck in2 the room/s. Love Beaver.xXx. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Some more good and bad superstitions Posted Nov 29, 2006 by theyith This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 This isn't so relevant, but sort of related to the Feng Shui topic anyway: If you buy second-hand clothes, you're supposed to wash them very...thoroughly, in order to wash away the previous owner's luck; you don't know whether it was good or bad. Actually, I think washing second-hand (or new) clothes is just common sense, but there you go. Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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