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Some New Year superstitions

December 29, 2008

New Year is about to come in few days. But do you know that people across the globe trust certain superstitions related to New Year’s Day. Also according to customs prevalent in their society, people perform auspicious acts to invite lady luck and ward off evil. Some of such superstitions are written below-jus read them out.

Wearing new clothes:
People believe that one should wear new clothes on a new year’s day. This would mean receiving more new clothes during the year.

Avoid crying:

It is said that one should avoid breaking things or crying and walling on the first day of the year, if you don’t want to continue the pattern for the entire year.

Dance in the open air:
Many believe that dancing in an open air, especially round a tree, on New Year’s Day ensures luck in love and prosperity and freedom from ill health during the coming twelve moths.

Finding future groom:
on new yea’s day if, on rising, a girl should look out of her bedroom window and see a man passing by, she may  reckon to be married before the year is finished.

Do token amount of work:
It is said that one must do token amount of work on the New Year’s Day. This is said to ensure advancement in career.

Do not wash dishes:
In several societies washing dishes and doing laundry on New Year’s Day is said to lead to a death in the family during the year. Many people do not even wash hair on the New Year day.

Stack up cupboards and wallets:

It is believed that cupboards stocked up with food and wallets and purses full of money bring in New Year. Similarly, empty pockets or empty cupboards on New Year’s Eve portend a year of poverty.


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