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  • Don't Step on a Manhole
    Sweden (it will bring you a broken heart and bad luck)
  • Keep Your New Shoes Off the Table
    Great Britain ( placing someone's shoes on a table was a way to let their family know that they passed away)
  • Redhead people bring bad luck
    Argentina
  • Don't Open Umbrellas Indoors
    Great Britain ( bad luck will "rain" on you)
  • Never Say "Happy Birthday" Too Early
    Russia
  • Don't Let Your Purse Touch the Floor
    Brazil (you'll become penniles)
  • Whistling Indoors Invites Evil
    Lithuania
  • Don't Sit at the Corner of the Table
    Hungary (you won't get married)
  • Don't Cheers With Water
    Germany (you're wishing death upon the people you're drinking with)
  • Friday the 17th is unlucky
    Italy
  • Knitting Outside Can Prolong Winter
    Iceland
  • Don't Sing at the Dinner Table
    Netherlands (you're singing to the devil for your food)
  • Don't Wear Red During a Storm
    The Philippines (it attracts lightnings)
  • Don't Get a Haircut on Tuesdays
    India (cause of bad luck)
  • Bird Poop Brings Good Fortune
    Russia
  • Giving chrysanthemums is said to bring bad luck
    France
  • Walking in-between two old women in the street brings bad luck
    Germany
  • Itchy Hands Have Financial Repercussions
    Turkey (itchy right hand means getting money but an itch on left means you'll lose money).
  • Avoid Sleeping With Your Head to the North
    Japan (is bad luck because that's how the deceased are laid to rest)
  • Saying the Same Word at the Same Time as Your Friend
    Italy (you'll never get married (yikes!). To undo this bad juju, you must immediately touch your nose)
  • Eating Goat Meat Could Get Hairy
    Rwanda
  • Don’t sit down during baking a cake
    Poland (If you do, the cake will ‘sit down’ as well)
  • Walking Backwards causes bad luck
    Portugal (if you do, you're showing the devil which way you're going)
  • Don't Enter a Room With Your Left Foot
    Spain (brings bad luck)
  • Don't Jump Over a Child
    Turkey (Doing this will curse them to be short)
  • Don't Place Two Mirrors Opposite Each Other
    Mexico (facing mirrors open a doorway for the devil)
  • Bring the table in first as this will ensure good fortune when you move in a new house
    France
  • Don't Go Right Home After a Funeral
    The Philippines (a bad spirit might tag along and come inside)
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