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10-Dec-03, 20:34
Christmas Superstitions
1. To have good health throughout the year, eat an apple on Christmas eve
2. Eat plum pudding on Christmas and avoid losing a friend before next Christmas
3. On Christmas Eve all animals can speak. However it is bad luck to test this superstition
4. The child born on Christmas Day will have special fortune.
5. Wearing new shoes on Christmas Day will bring bad luck.
6. In Ireland it is believed the gates of Heaven open at midnight on Christmas Eve. Those who die then go straight to Heaven.
7. If you refuse a mince pie at Christmas Dinner, you will have bad luck for the coming day.
8. If you eat a raw egg before eating everything else on Christmas morning, you will be able to carry heavy weights.
9. Snow on Christmas day means Easter will be green.
10. Good luck will come to the home where a fire is kept burning throughout the Christmas season.
11. Place shoes side by side on Christmas Eve to prevent a quarrelling Family
12. A clear star – filled sky on Christmas Eve will bring good crops in the summer
13. A blowing wind on Christmas Day brings good luck
14. In Greece, some people burn their old shoes during the Christmas season to prevent misfortunes in the coming year
15. In the Swedish countryside, from cock crow to daybreak on Christmas morning the Trolls roam about
16. In Devon if a girl raps at the hen house door on Christmas Eve and a rooster crows, she will marry with in the year.
17. You will have as many happy months in the coming year, as the number of mince pies you eat during Christmas time.
18. Shout “ Christmas Gift” to the first person knocking on your door on Christmas Day and expect to receive a gift from the visitor.
1. To have good health throughout the year, eat an apple on Christmas eve
2. Eat plum pudding on Christmas and avoid losing a friend before next Christmas
3. On Christmas Eve all animals can speak. However it is bad luck to test this superstition
4. The child born on Christmas Day will have special fortune.
5. Wearing new shoes on Christmas Day will bring bad luck.
6. In Ireland it is believed the gates of Heaven open at midnight on Christmas Eve. Those who die then go straight to Heaven.
7. If you refuse a mince pie at Christmas Dinner, you will have bad luck for the coming day.
8. If you eat a raw egg before eating everything else on Christmas morning, you will be able to carry heavy weights.
9. Snow on Christmas day means Easter will be green.
10. Good luck will come to the home where a fire is kept burning throughout the Christmas season.
11. Place shoes side by side on Christmas Eve to prevent a quarrelling Family
12. A clear star – filled sky on Christmas Eve will bring good crops in the summer
13. A blowing wind on Christmas Day brings good luck
14. In Greece, some people burn their old shoes during the Christmas season to prevent misfortunes in the coming year
15. In the Swedish countryside, from cock crow to daybreak on Christmas morning the Trolls roam about
16. In Devon if a girl raps at the hen house door on Christmas Eve and a rooster crows, she will marry with in the year.
17. You will have as many happy months in the coming year, as the number of mince pies you eat during Christmas time.
18. Shout “ Christmas Gift” to the first person knocking on your door on Christmas Day and expect to receive a gift from the visitor.