good and bad facts about superstition

1. some  believe keeping  goats close helps keep evil away.

2. a Nigerian superstition says that if  you kiss a baby on the lips it will drool as an about. 

3.  some people  believe if you  catch a falling leaf on the first day of autumn you will go all winter  without  catching a cold. 

4.  The  number 13 is notoriously believed  to bring bad luck many hotels and apartments skip number 13 when numbering  floors going from 12 to 14.  

5.  a wedding ring  hanging from a string and  held over a pregnant  Woman's belly  is often said to predict the  sex of a baby.

6.   banana and suitcase are not allowed on board most crab fishing boat because they are believed to bring bad  luck.  

7.    a Japanese superstition says that  the person it the middle of a photograph  will have bad luck.

8.  it is supposedly bad  luck  to spill salt but if you throw a pinch of salt over your left shoulder you can reverse the bad luck.

9.  according  to tradition a four leaf clover bring good luck to its finder especially  if found accidentally.

10.  a french Canadian superstition says  that if a pregnant woman does not eat fish her baby will be born with  a fish head. 

11.  a company knock on wood sells wooden blocks so that believers of  the superstition can always have a piece of wood handy. 

12.   barbershop in india will close on Tuesday because  a hindu superstition consider Tuesday haircut  bad luck. 

13.  napoleon bonaparte was superstition  and had a fear of cat  believe them to be bad luck black cat are often associated with lock good and bad. 

14. an old supertitles says that opening and bring umbrella indoors will a storm  of bad luck.  

15.  whistling or saying the word  pig on a ship is believed to bring bad weather . 

16 .   a scientist once proved that 75 percent of  study group of pigeons became supertitles believing   that nodding their head a certain way meant they would get fed.

17. ancient greeks believed that rosemary helped  keep away evil spirits.

18. a supertitles  dating dating  back to ancient time says that you will stay young if you  carry acorns in your pockets. 

19. the  earliest known ideas of superstitions  date back to ancient greece  an early idea was to cross one's fingers for lock as a cross makes the coming together of good spirits.

 form national geographic kids almanac