It's bad luck to open and close scissors without cutting anything. It's considered even unluckier to leave them open.
Egypt
Algeria
Tunisia
Morocco
Owls are said to bring bad luck to the first person that sees or hears it.
Morocco
Egypt
Tunisia
Algeria
The number 4 is incredibly unlucky. The pronunciation of the word in the local language is nearly identical to the word 'death'.
Japan
China
Korea
Malaysia
Stepping in dog poo with your left foot is lucky, but stepping in it with your right foot is unlucky.
Germany
Spain
Italy
France
Whistling indoors is thought to summon devils, hell bent on terrorising you.
Latvia
Bulgaria
Serbia
Lithuania
If you walk past a graveyard, you must 'tuck your thumbs' to protect your parents from death.
Korea
Philippines
China
Japan
Placing your chopsticks vertically into a bowl of rice is thought to bring moisture.
Indonesia
China
Japan
Vietnam
People in this country avoid chewing gum at night, as it's believed that after dark, the gum will turn into the flesh of dead people.
Greece
Croatia
Hungary
Turkey
Bird poo on your car, yourself or your property will bring you riches.
Russia
Latvia
Georgia
Belarus
Gifting yellow flowers is considered to be a relationship curse as they symbolise infidelity.
China
Russia
USA
South Africa
Eating 12 grapes on the stroke of midnight on New Years Day will bring you 12 months of good luck.
UK
France
Spain
Italy
It's considered bad luck to enter a room with your left foot.
Spain
Belgium
Netherlands
France
People in this country believe that Tuesday 13th is an unlucky day.
Canada
Spain
Ecuador
Portugal
Women avoid eating goat's meat because they believe if they do, it will cause them to grow facial hair.
Ghana
Senegal
Nigeria
Rwanda
To cheers with a glass of water means you are wishing death upon everyone you are drinking water with.
USA
Germany
Spain
Italy
Dropping your purse/wallet on the floor means that you will become poor.
Peru
Brazil
Argentina
Japan
