In the UK, it is considered bad luck to put _____ on the table.
white flowers
a dead fish
new shoes
a hat
In Lithuania, what should you never do inside your house?
eat smelly food
dance
brush your hair after midnight
whistle
If you break a mirror, you will have _____ years of bad luck.
10
20
5
7
What should you say to actors in a theatre to wish them good luck?
Break your fingers!
Break your arms!
Break a leg!
Break your toes!
If a young woman looks into a mirror on Halloween night, she will see...
herself as an old lady
a skeleton
a dead family member
her future husband
If you spill ____ you should pick it up and throw it over your shoulder.
sugar
milk
pepper
salt
In which country are white snakes a symbol of good luck?
Australia
Malaysia
Japan
India
In Turkey, if your left hand itches, you...
...will lose money
...will catch a disease soon
...will get married soon
...have an allergy
In Iceland, if you knit outside, you...
will catch a cold
will make the winter last longer
will be unhappy for the rest of the year
will never get married
In Syria, _____ were banned because they were believed to cause bad weather.
umbrellas
bicycles
yo yos
drones
In Brazil, you will have bad luck if you....
put a spoon into an empty cup
drink your coffee too loudly
put sugar into your cup before the coffee
put milk into the bowl before the cereal
In the UK, a common superstitious phrase is "See a ____, pick it up, and all day you'll have good luck"
cup of tea
glove
penny
baby
What should you never do on Tuesday in India?
start a diet
cut your hair
get married
move house
In Russia, you should never say "____" before the specific day.
Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas!
Happy Halloween!
Happy Birthday!
In Rwanda, superstitious women don't eat goat meat because they believe...
it will make their breath smell
it will make them fat
it will make them unlucky in love
it will make them grow a beard
In Canada, pregnant women believe that if they don't eat fish during their pregnancy...
...their baby will be very fat
...their baby will have a fish head
...they will have triplets
...their baby will look exactly like their mother in law
