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Superstitions of the world
Andrea Álvarez A. nº 1 Sabela Costas L. nº 8
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Egypt Brings bad luck blink scissors without cutting anything. And much worse, leave them open anywhere, but, for example, is also believed to be good for them under the pillow, because apparently eliminated the nightmares of the person sleeping on them.
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Denmark Here have their own version of bad luck. When two people say the same thing at a time, both must say aloud "Piase Kokkino" meaning "caught red" and find and touch the red to avoid fighting. If you're lucky enough to fall into a Piase Kokkino over Easter, you're in luck, because red eggs are laid everywhere.
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Wales Constructed a crown of branches and leaves of hazel and wear it can grant you a wish.
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Haiti If you walk with one shoe, clean the house at night, if you turn your knees or you eat grapefruit peels or watermelon, you could cause the premature death of your mother.
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Korea Especially in South Korea, it is believed that if you sleep in a closed room with a fan on, it will kill you. This is a widespread belief that makes Korean fans always have automatic shutdown.
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Lithuania Whistling indoors is prohibited because it is believed that doing so demons that appear overnight invoked to terrify.
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United States Many farms built in the nineteenth century placed leaned windows at home because it was believed that witches could not fly away with their brooms in an leaned opening. These windows were called "The windows of witches".
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