World Superstitions

Germany 1) When a black cat crosses your path from right to left it is a bad omen- but if the black cat walks from left to right, that is good. The cat has to be completely black for this to work 2) Do not sing a Christmas song in the summer : a close relative of yours will die before the year is out 3) To find a four-leaf clover means good luck 4) When your left ear "rings", somebody talks well about you, but when your right ear "rings", somebody is bad talking you. You quickly go through the list of names that come into your head and the name you last think of before the ringing stops, is the person who is either giving you a bad name or speaks well of you 5) When your right hand itches, you are bound to spend money, but when your left hand itches you take in money 6) If you forget something at home, do not turn back to fetch it, you will have bad luck for the rest of the day. 7) Do not repair any clothes while you are wearing it, like sewing on a button, that is bad luck. 8) Breaking a glass is bad luck for the day, but breaking a mirror is seven years of bad luck UK 1) If you do not make your bed up first thing in the am, then your day will be like the  bed : rumpfffled!!!!! therefor to this day in London without fail yours truly pulls the sheets /makes the bed up ! Trinidadand Tabogo 1) Don't put goat mout' on something. Meaning don't speak of anything negative that has not happened as yet, because it might come true. (It could also be something positive). 2) If done by a Barber/hairdresser with straight hair- the child's hair will end up being straight (considered to be "good" hair ) - If done by one with "hard" hair (=curly hair)- and considered to be "bad " hair, the child's hair will turn out curly. Note: I personally find this a quite racist superstition I.B.H.C. 3) When pregnant- drinking a lot of chocolate milk will make the baby dark skinned- drinking milk instead, will make the baby looking fair . Note: See above. I.B.HC. 4) Whatever food the mother is craving at a given moment, she should be given it immediately, otherwise the baby will have a birth mark on his/her body which will resemble the food 5) Don't bathe in the sea on Good Friday- you will turn into a fish.