- Umbrellas inside the house - you will drown the next time you swim; or, opening an umbrella indoors will bring you bad luck.
- No reds allowed - Don't wear red when there's lightning, or else it may strike you.
- Broken reflection - 7 years of bad luck if you break a mirror. (This one originated in the Middle Ages where mirrored glass was extremely expensive; anyone who broke the large mirror of the lord or lady of the land was costing them a lot of money and destroying something likely not replaceable. A person could be put in jail if the lord of the land was angry enough.)
- Don't let a black cat cross your path; it will bring you bad luck. (I suppose you could trip over a black cat in the dark and break your leg, but really the coat color of a cat has nothing to do with luck either way.)
- "Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck"
- Rain on your wedding day is a good omen.
- Do not ride a bicycle if you're a woman because you will not get pregnant.
- When you are getting married, do not wear your wedding gown before the wedding or else your wedding will canceled.
- Hanging a horseshoe on a wall with ends pointing up brings good luck.
- Stepping on a crack in the sidewalk will break your mother's back.
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