American Superstitions you're not ready to discover! 😱 Learn English

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filling souls did you know it's believed in the u.s. that spilling salt will
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bring you bad luck some people believe that it's bad luck because Judas is said
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to have spilled salt during the Last Supper where he betrayed Jesus or more
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likely it's considered bad luck because salt was an expensive commodity a long
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time ago in order to counteract the bad luck it is said that you must throw salt
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over your left shoulder whenever I spill salt though I always
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forget if I'm supposed to throw salt over my left shoulder or my right
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shoulder Lucky Penny in the u.s. it's believed that if you find a penny
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face-up on the ground meaning the side with Abraham Lincoln's face on it but
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you should pick it up it's long believed that metal and money bring more wealth
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so if you find a penny face up it might mean that a guardian angel is watching
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over and protecting you find a penny pick it up all day long you'll have good
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luck
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stepping on a crack in the ground did you know it's believed in the u.s. that
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stepping on a crack in the ground is considered bad luck this superstition
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stems from one variation of an old children's rhyme that goes step on a
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crack break your mama's back so if you don't want to break your mother's back
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don't step on a crack step on a crack break your mama's back step on a line
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break your mama's spine
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rabbit's foot in the US it's believed the left hind foot of a rabbit brings
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good luck in many stores you can buy a rabbit's foot guide bright colors and
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attach to a keychain rabbits are often associated with
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abundance due to their breeding habits this tradition may have Celtic roots or
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may even come from African American folklore humans like to keep a rabbit's
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foot keychain for good luck but rabbits prefer to have all four feet walking
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under a ladder did you know it's believed in the u.s. that walking under
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a ladder will bring you bad luck this superstition probably arose to deter
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people from walking under a ladder to reduce risk of ladder related injuries
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other sources say that it's because a ladder forms a triangle a symbol of the
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Holy Trinity and walking through it is blasphemous if you walk under a ladder
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it's three times between the rungs or cross your fingers until you see a dog
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hanging a horseshoe in the US it's believed that hanging a horseshoe
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especially above a doorway is good luck make sure to hang it so that it makes a
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u-shape otherwise the luck will drain out supposedly the iron in the horseshoe
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repels and causes pain to any evil spirits that try to enter the house like
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most American superstitions the act of hanging a horseshoe has Christian and
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Pagan origin
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Friday the 13th did you know it's believed in the u.s. that if a Friday
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falls in the 13th day of any month that it considered an unlucky day
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the origins of this superstition aren't clear it's possible but since some
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Christians believe 13 is an unlucky number and Friday is an unlucky day
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Friday the 13th is especially unlucky there's even a famous horror movie
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created after the superstition called Friday the 13th the number 13 is already
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an unlucky number but Friday the 13th is an especially
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unlucky creepy day
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knock on wood in the u.s. it's believed that knocking on wood after talking
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about the future can prevent an event that was spoken about from taking place
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or to ensure that it will indeed happen it's probably because in many cultures
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it's believed spirits live in trees knocking on wood is a way to avoid
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tempting fate you knock on wood to remind yourself that the future is still
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uncertain I had a great job interview and knock on wood I think I might be in
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the running
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opening an umbrella inside did you know it's believed in the u.s. that opening
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an umbrella while inside a building will bring bad luck this superstition most
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likely stems from pure pragmatism umbrellas used to be larger and more
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unwieldy so opening them inside tends to result in broken things and accidents
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bringing an already opened umbrella inside however it's totally fine hey
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wait till we're outside don't you know it's bad luck to open an umbrella
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indoors
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four leaf clovers in the US it's believed that four-leaf clovers will
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bring good luck the more leaves the better this superstition has its origins
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in pre-christian Ireland where the Druids believe that three leaf and four
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leaf clovers help them see evil spirits approaching the chance of the finding a
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four-leaf clover are ten thousand to one did you enjoy this series on American
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