A key like the one show below, and a free booklet with each print explains all 72 superstitions.
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LIST OF SUPERSTITIONS |
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1. Moon Luck 2. Falling Stars 3. Wishing Stars 4. Red Sky at Night 5. Candle in the Window 6. Stork's Nest 7. Chimney Sweep 8. Relic Bones in Walls 9. Swallow and Nest 10. Don't Stomp That Spider 11. Widow's Peak 12. Tossing Burnt Toast 13. Poor Little Number Thirteen 14. Leaving Fruit in the Tree 15. Hanging Eggs Outside 16. The King's Healing Touch 17. Catching Leaves 18. Oranges 19. A Frog in the Mouth 20. Lizard-Licking 21. Sneezing 22. Four-Leafed Clover 23. Knocking on Wood 24. Two Crows 25. Horseshoe 26. Beware the Black Cat...Maybe 27. Protected by the Cross 28. Tossing Salt over Your Shoulder 29. Spitting for Luck 30. Broken Mirror Syndrome 31. Butterflies 32. Three Magpies Means a Wedding 33. A Kiss for Luck 34. Mistletoe 35. Holly 36. Ivy's Lucky for the Groom 37. Roses for Luck in Love 38. Something Old, Something New |
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39. Something Borrowed 40. Something Blue 41. Rice Thrown for Luck 42. Long Hair 43. Throwing Wedding Cake 44. Throwing the Bride's Bouquet 45. Third Finger for the Ring 46. Dropping a Spoon 47. Robin Redbreast 48. Walking under a Ladder 49. Crossing One's Fingers 50. Garlic Protection 51. Opening an Umbrella Indoors 52. Wishbone 53. Feather for Luck 54. Rub a Hunchback's Hump 55. Don't Scare That Toad 56. Beetle Work 57. Six Fingers Are Lucky 58. Different Socks 59. Itchy Foot 60. King of Mackerel 61. Put a Knife in a Mast 62. Always Enter a Boat from the Right 63. Whistling on a Ship 64. Throwing a Broom 65. Women on a Ship Are Unlucky 66. Cats Are Lucky on a Ship 67. A Peg Leg is Lucky 68. Porpoise Protection 69. Seagulls Ashore 70. The Kingfisher Weathervane 71. Swans' Spirits 72. The Hare's or Rabbit's Foot
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