Luck & Misfortune Folk Beliefs

Explore documented folk beliefs connected to Luck & Misfortune, including related clusters and country variants.

13 documented beliefs · 1 country

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Birth & Pregnancy2 Death & Funerals1

Topics

Nature & Sky7 Home & Household3 Places & Directions2 Objects2 People & Life Cycle2 Body1 Social Relations1 Food & Drink1

Contexts

Wishing6 Luck Omen4 Travel & Movement1 Departure1 Trouble Omen1 Directional Belief1 Rhyme1 Seasonal Omen1 Prosperity Belief1

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A wishbone with the longest piece believed to grant wishes, symbolizing the superstition associated with breaking wishbones.

Wishbone Superstition

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…

Person carrying a baby upstairs cautiously, illustrating the superstition of carrying a baby upstairs first for good luck.

Carrying a Baby Upstairs Superstition

The carrying-a-baby-upstairs superstition holds that a newborn’s first journey away from the birth room should begin with an upward movement. Carrying the child upstairs was…

Baby resembling father is considered a sign of good luck in superstitions.

Baby Resemblance Good-Luck Superstition

A baby’s resemblance to its parents has sometimes been treated as more than a family observation. In documented folk belief, looking like one or both…