recounts that if the holly used for the decoration of a house at Yuletide is smooth, then the wife of the household will head it for the coming year, but if prickly, the husband will rule the roost!

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Researching about Napoleon and superstitions and I came across this picture of the Devil wrapping Napoleon like a California Roll and cradling him

Napoleon Burrito-parte

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is considered an unlucky day. Superstitions such as this one go hand in paw with the unfounded belief that black cats are unlucky as well. For centuries, black cats have undeservingly been associated with irrational notions.

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Don't take notice of superstitions! 🐾

Binx wants to wish you a very happy, very lucky, Friday the 13th

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At Hallowtide in Scotland, the Samhnag bonfire was made of ferns and peat; a circle of stones placed around its edges. Each stone "named" for a family member. Next day, if any stone had gone that person would not last the year...

🖼Krøyer

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My current read is 's Kingdom of the Wicked and it is really neat to read about my culture in a novel. I grew up with these types of folk superstitions like the malocchio and I love reading it paired with demons🖤 Here are our twin witch girls Emilia and Vittoria.

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Pied Piper

He was known as the ‘Pied Piper’—a to some & others a taboo.
A fixture in the parish like the on a tattoo. His music was a melting pot of superstitions—a of shadows whistling, sitting, waiting, & wishing.✍🏽#bravewrite

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4. Do they carry any traditions or superstitions?

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One of the most long-held food superstitions is that garlic wards off vampires and evil. This originated because of its medicinal and healing properties. It was used during the Black Death, and it protected people from catching the disease
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Mice were once believed to be the incarnate souls of those who had been murdered...

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superstitions and crisis commentary

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If you drop your keys it is a bad omen. If you lose your keys, you will hear of a death. Carry an old iron key in your right pocket for good luck.The image of crossed keys, one gold, one silver are said to represent the Keys of Heaven of Saint Peter.

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Blackberries were considered protective against earthbound spirits and vampires. If planted near a home, a vampire couldn’t enter because he would obsessively count the berries and forget what he was about.
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Taking the Mari Lwyds to shout at the sea. Only traditional on Hopeless Maine.

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Time to say Goodnight
The Lovecraft universe
Eerie landscapes of New England
Lost along some austere shores
Where superstitions shroud the land in their thick fog
And legends hold the believers hostage to their fears
Art by Andy Walsh

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In Cornwall if you see a bat it's traditional to chant for luck:
“Airymouse, airymouse, fly over my head

and you shall have a crust of bread,

and when I brew and when I bake

you shall have a piece of my wedding cake.”

🎨Dudley Hardy (1891)

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Interesting Japanese food superstitions and sayings on the latest

Why not let a new wife eat eggplant in the fall? There are reasons. Akinasu wa yome ni kuwasuna/秋茄子は嫁に食わすな。

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I'm Brenna. I draw things. Mostly monster things. Mostly Japanese monster things. Also ghosts and superstitions. I'm planing on making some books

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