~If lightning strikes a tree and you witness it then someone you know will die.

~Dropping the silverware means that company is coming.Drop a spoon and the company will be female, drop a fork and the company will be male. Dropping a knife will break the spell.

~If your nose itches, it means that someone is thinking about you.

~Put a scalded hand in hot water to ease the pain and prevent blistering. (Ouch! Sounds painful! Vandoodle DOES NOT recommend this!)

~To win at cards, tie a bat's heart to your right arm with red silk string. (Bet that smelled nice!)

~Never stare in an animal's eyes, if you look away first it will be very bad luck, if the animal looks away first then you have a bad spirit around you.

~A voyage across a sea must never begin on a Friday.

~Say "Gesundheit!" (Health) when another person sneezes, to prevent that person from sneezing his soul out and to drive away evil spirits that may have come from his mouth.(WHO KNEW?!?)

~ Smelling flowers that grow on a grave can ruin your sense of smell. (PLEASE-Don't try this at home)

~If you stare into a mirror by candlelight you will see the spirit of a lost loved one.

~A red-tipped match will cure a case of the hiccups.(dunno what your suppossed to do with it. Eat it...smell it...?)

~After eating a boiled egg one should make a hole in the bottom of the eggshell to stop witches using it to sail across the sea.

~A girl can wash her freckles away with dew collected on the first day of May. (Lemme know if this works,lol)

~Put sugar in your armpit and then in your girl's drink; she will then not be able to resist you. (Ewww! Pfft...Whats in this lemonade?!)

~Never pick a dogwood branch in bloom and bring it in the house. Someone close will die before dark

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