Wishing Folk Beliefs

Explore documented folk beliefs connected to Wishing, including related clusters and country variants.

6 documented beliefs · 1 country

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Moon Folklore The new moon wish superstition holds that a wish made when the young moon is first seen may come true. Older folklore records…

In a documented thistledown wishing custom, a person catches the light floating down, makes a wish or thinks of someone far away, then releases it…

Wishing Custom The first evening star wish is a folk practice in which the first star noticed after dusk becomes the occasion for making a…

Wish Belief A familiar folk belief says that seeing a falling or shooting star creates a brief chance to make a wish. In many recorded…

The first snowflake wish is a seasonal folk belief in which a person makes a wish when noticing the first snowflake of winter. A documented…

Food Folklore and Luck The wishbone superstition turns the forked breast bone of a bird into a small contest of luck. Two people pull opposite…