Knocking on wood: An action that according to superstition will protect a person from bad luck.
Knocking on wood can reverse bad luck if you break a mirror.
Opening an umbrella indoors: An action that according to superstition will bring bad luck.
Opening an umbrella indoors leads to bad luck raining on you.
Carrying a rabbit’s foot: An accion that according to superstition will bring good luck.
Carrying a rabbi´s foot is the best way to have good luck.
Wish: A desire or hope for something to happen.
I make a wish.
Spilling salt: An action according to superstition will bring bad luck unless some of the salt is thrown back over the left shoulder.
Spilling salt is a European superstition.
Finding a penny: An action that according to superstition will bring good luck if the finder picks up the penny.
If you find a penny, pick up, and all day long, you´ll have good luck.
Catching a falling leaf: An action that according to superstition will grant the catcher a wish or bring good luck.
If you catch a falling leaf, make a wish.
Putting new shoes on a table: An action that according to superstition will bring bad luck.
Putting new shoes on a table signifies a death in the familiy for some peolpe.
Killing a ladybug: An action that according to superstition will bring bad luck.
Killing a ladybug may bring you bad luck.
Lottery ticket: The lottery or loto is a gambling game that can be developed openly to the public through tickets and raffles or developed as a table game consisting of cards and decks.
He won the lottery with his ticket.
Breaking a mirror: An action that according to superstition will bring bad luck.
Breaking a mirror may bring you seven years of bad luck.
Good luck: Used to express wishes for success.
Mariana has very good luck.
Seeing a falling star: An action that according to superstiton will bring good luck or grant a wish.
I always make a wish after seeing a falling star.
Pick up: Utilizing or comprising local or available personnel especially without formal organization.
He seems to think that we can get back together and just pick up where we left off.
Bad luck: An unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes.
She has bad luck on Mondays.
Superstition: Excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings.
Noun. He dismissed the ghost stories as mere superstition.
Throwing a coin in afountain: An action that according to superstiton will bring good luck or grant a wish.
Lots of tourist like throwing coins in the Trevi Fountain.
Walking under a ladder: An action that according to superstiton will bring bad luck.
I´am not superstitious, but you´d never catch me walking under a ladder.
Believe: Accept (something) as true; feel sure of the truth of.
The superintendent believed Lancaster's story.
Lucky objects: An object that is believed to bring its owner good luck.
The keychain is a very valuable and very good luck item.