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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2011 18:32:44 GMT -5
Last night at the Comedy Club, I asked my son and dil if they were going to eat black-eyed peas today. I said it was for good luck. They said it was for money.
Forget that money CAN be good luck (but not always . . . think Paris Hilton). And I already know about the one about an itchy palm.
Do you guys know other superstitions about money? My students are going to be talking about superstitions when we get back (reading MACBETH) so I thought superstitions about money would be a nice segue. He wants power. (Luck to money to power . . . makes sense in a way).
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Post by NastyWoman on Jan 1, 2011 18:48:57 GMT -5
If the palm of your left hand itches you have money coming to you --sadly the saying doesn't say how fast the money will come and I have been waiting for quite a while LOL
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2011 19:58:10 GMT -5
I have heard that when you have a mirror in your entryway it bounces money back out the door.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2011 20:04:52 GMT -5
My husband is Romanian and on a baby's first birthday, they place lots of items on a tray in front of the baby and let them pick what draws their attention first, and cash and credit cards are supposed to be good omen?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2011 20:07:41 GMT -5
My husbands family does that also. On the 1st birthday they put a bottle, a coin, and a book in front of the kid and whatever they go for........
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Post by cronewitch on Jan 1, 2011 21:10:08 GMT -5
When you move in a house place a penny over the door and your house won't be broke. Also the first thing to move into a new house is a new broom, not a used broom.
When you gift someone a wallet it must have a dollar in it.
Penny loafer shoes need to have pennies in them.
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Post by Jake 48 on Jan 1, 2011 21:18:45 GMT -5
wallet must have a dollar in it so you will never be broke
place a coin under the mast of a sailboat so if you drown at sea you can pay the ferryman to carry you across to the other side
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2011 21:19:36 GMT -5
Our version is never give an empty wallet.
The first person to visit you in the new year should be a dark haired man. For luck through the year. Really!
You should give a house warming gift of wine so they'll never be thirsty, bread so they'll never be hungry, and salt so life will always have flavour.
$2 bills are bad luck. The version I heard was it was hooker money. I guess hookers cost $2 back in the depression or something.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Jan 1, 2011 21:39:21 GMT -5
I, on a whim, purchased two pictures of monkeys for DH's office. I am not a fan of monkeys, nor do I collect them. DH doubled his income that year. Then I read a Feng Shui book that stated having monkeys in your prosperity/fortune corner brought $$$ to you. I will never get rid of those pictures.
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Post by dancinmama on Jan 1, 2011 22:01:27 GMT -5
Brides put a penny in their shoe. I can't remember why.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2011 22:02:20 GMT -5
According to Urban Dictionary... a 2$ whore is the lowest kind of whore... looked down upon by all other whores... Aren't you glad i took the time to look that up?  We eat Saurkraut on New Years for luck and prosperity... and pork, because the pig roots forward, never chicken, which scratch back (or so my papa says...) ... I'm off in search of some monkeys now... |
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Post by la808 on Jan 1, 2011 22:06:51 GMT -5
I was sitting at a slot machine once when the lady next to me hit a nice jackpot. She collected her winnings and handed me and the man on the other side of her 10 dollars. She said that she has been doing that for years and believes it's the reason she does so well at the slots.
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Post by Nazgul Girl on Jan 1, 2011 23:01:53 GMT -5
I was told a long time ago to never rest my purse on the floor because it leaches away your prosperity. I was told that if I kept it off of the floor, it will keep my prosperity within it, and even if I never got rich, I would always have enough money.
I was having an extremely difficult time making ends meet, so I decided to try it. Within a couple of weeks, things took a turn for the better for me financially. I have always had enough money, never bounced a check, etc., since then. Maybe I've had a few worries, but we've always been able to make ends meet and figure out new avenues of revenue.
To this day, 16 years later, I won't put my purse on a floor, except of a car for a short ride. I'll hook it over my chair, or keep in my lap, or pull up an extra chair in a restaurant, but I will not leave it on the floor. If I have to, I'll put my jacket on the floor, and put my purse on top of it ( airplanes and car floors don't seem to count ). Anyway, my money troubles melted away for most of the time since, so even if it was a placebo effect, it's been a useful superstition. I will never break it.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jan 2, 2011 0:06:29 GMT -5
I was told a long time ago to never rest my purse on the floor because it leaches away your prosperity.
Well my sister would attest to that: she got her purse stolen from under her chair in Florence Italy, so that sure leached away her prosperity --- and my camera which happened to be in there as well :-(
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Post by ummboutthat on Jan 2, 2011 0:27:14 GMT -5
does wishing wells or wishing fountains count?  |
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Post by moneywhisperer on Jan 2, 2011 13:00:39 GMT -5
Find a penny, pick it up and all day long you’ll have good luck! Share that penny with a friend and your luck will never end! But for some reason I will only pick up those pennies if they are heads-up. Not sure why that is, but surely some other superstition that is stuck in my head  |
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Post by moneywhisperer on Jan 2, 2011 13:03:48 GMT -5
Oh yeah, one other I have that is kind of related to money.
If you give someone a gift of a knife, they have to pay you for it (even a penny) - otherwise the friendship will be cut.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2011 15:39:05 GMT -5
These are EXACTLY what I needed to share. Thanks, everyone!
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Jan 2, 2011 17:55:27 GMT -5
The first person to visit you in the new year should be a dark haired man. For luck through the year. Really!That works for me! Do husbands count? |
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Post by The J on Jan 2, 2011 18:00:53 GMT -5
The first person to visit you in the new year should be a dark haired man. For luck through the year. Really!That works for me! Do husbands count? If not, my hair's black, FYI.....  |
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Jan 2, 2011 18:06:53 GMT -5
The first person to visit you in the new year should be a dark haired man. For luck through the year. Really!That works for me! Do husbands count? If not, my hair's black, FYI..... I guess I need to go back to EE and discuss infidelity and is it acceptable. |
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Post by bobbysgirl on Jan 2, 2011 18:43:11 GMT -5
Brides put a penny in their shoe. I can't remember why. LOL I put pennies in my shoes a few times tobring on a fever! ;D |
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Jan 2, 2011 21:29:20 GMT -5
My grandmother always told me not to whistle in the house so you don't whistle all your money away
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Post by Sharon on Jan 2, 2011 21:59:39 GMT -5
Oh yeah, one other I have that is kind of related to money. If you give someone a gift of a knife, they have to pay you for it (even a penny) - otherwise the friendship will be cut. My Grandma would have fits if she was at a wedding or wedding shower and someone gave a gift of knives. If they don't pay for it you will be cutting them out of your life. |
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Post by Sharon on Jan 2, 2011 22:02:42 GMT -5
For several years our next door neighbors were from Hawaii. She was of Chinese descent. They believed that a full table at the beginning of the New Year meant that you would have a full table the whole year. They used to invite our family over for NYE and she prepared the best chinese food I have ever had in my life.
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