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Superstitions are unsubstantiated beliefs that certain events and items can effect the outcome of things usually directly related to luck (both good or bad). It's a cause and effect type of belief system. For whatever reason (I personally believe it's because it's fun) these little ditties have been passed down from one generation to the next and seem to have found a permanent place within our society. For this challenge, try to see how many superstitions you can lay to rest. Get creative in your endeavors to check them off the list. An example of what I'm talking about would be to read Thumped by Megan McCafferty because as you can see:

the cover has a cracked egg on it and one of our superstitions is 'step on a crack and break your mothers back' Alternately, if you have a book where a character is named Cat feel free to cross of the 'don't let a black cat cross your path' superstition. Get wild, get creative, have fun and by all means whatever else you do make sure to take some time to read. :) Good luck.*giggle*

Superstitions associated with bad luck:
Friday the thirteenth
Walking under a ladder
Step on a crack, break your mother's back
Breaking a mirror equals 7 years of bad luck
Letting a Black cat cross your path
Opening an umbrella in a house
Spilling salt


Superstitions to prevent bad luck:
If you spill salt take a pinch of it and throw it over your left shoulder
Crossing your fingers
Knocking on wood

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Superstions associated with Good Luck and Good Luck Charms:
Four leaf clover
Lucky Rabbit's foot (although considered unlucky for the rabbit)
Horseshoe
Lady Bug
Lucky Number Seven
Pig (It's a German thing)
Find a penny pick it up and all the day you'll have good luck



Wishful Superstitions:
-Throwing a penny into a well or other body of water will gain you a wish.
- When your necklace clasp makes contact with the charm/pendant on your necklace in the front, you get to make a wish before you fix it.
- A person will be granted a wish if they end up with the larger half of a wishbone when two people each grab one end and pull.
- If you blow out all the candles on your cake on your birthday and you don't tell anyone what you wished for, it will come true.
- Wishing on the first star you see:

Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight;
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.

Easy - Read 1 to 4 books
- with a superstition revealed in it
- something associated with a superstition on the cover (cat or coin on the cover or in the title)
- opt for our ever popular spell-it-out challenge. For the spell-it-out challenge read books associate with the amount of letters appropriate for your challenge level which make up some aspect of the superstition. As always you may use the title, name of characters, or the name of an author to link it to the letters.You may ignore the 'A', 'An', 'The', etc. at the beginning of titles to get to the first significant word. So "The Virgin's Secret" would be a 'V' title and "A Highlander Christmas" would be an 'H' title." You pick which word you want or come up with one we haven't.
Example:
C - Comeback Love: A Novel by Peter Golden
A - Alice (character in Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh)
T - Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce

Moderate - Read 5 to 8 books
- with a superstition revealed in it
- something associated with a superstition on the cover (cat or coin on the cover or in the title)
- opt for our ever popular spell-it-out Challenge.

Hard - Read 9 to 12 books
- with a superstition revealed in it
- something associated with a superstition on the cover (cat or coin on the cover or in the title)
- opt for our ever popular spell-it-out Challenge.

Difficult - Read 13 or more books
- with a superstition revealed in it
- something associated with a superstition on the cover (cat or coin on the cover or in the title)
- opt for our ever popular spell-it-out Challenge.


(A - L)
(M - Z)

(Halloween specific superstitions)

Here are books that list more superstitions if you'd like more variation than what I listed:



- Cassell Dictionary of Superstitions by David Pickering
- A Dictionary of Superstitions by Iona Opie
- The Encyclopedia of Superstitions by Edwin Radford
- The Encyclopedia of Superstitions by Richard Webster

This looks great, Lisarenee! I'm in! I think I'll opt for spell-it-out. I'll have to think on what to spell before October. :-)

This is fantastic! Halloween is my favorite holiday, and superstitions fascinate me. Now to think about my TBR....

Sounds fun and creative. :D
Hard - Read 9 to 12 books

� B: Bram Stoker; Dracula ~ (10/14)
� L: Legend of Sleepy Hollow; Washington Irving ~ (10/22)
� A: Alden, Willa in The Wild Rose; Jennifer Donnelly ~ (10/10)
� C: Cindy Preston in The Lord Is My Shepherd; Debbie Viguié ~ (10/27)
� K: King, Stephen; Under the Dome ~ (10/24)

� C: Card, Orson Scott; Speaker for the Dead ~ (10/6)
� A: And the Band Played On . . .; Christopher Ward ~ (10/18)
� T: Tale of Castle Cottage; Susan Wittig Albert ~ (10/19)

� Twins Good/Bad luck: Twins are born to main family. Wife doesn't have any more children after their birth. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck ~ (10/3)

� Letting a Black cat cross your path: Black cat is curled up on upper right hand corner of the book cover. The Cat, the Wife and the Weapon by Leann Sweeney ~ (10/10)

� Witches float in water: Heroine/Hero both would be considered witches/wizards in Salem during the witch hunts. This book involves a diver rescuing a drowning man. Water Bound; Christine Feehan ~ (10/6)

� If you peel an apple without breaking the peel, throw it over your left shoulder and it will reveal the initial of the one you will marry: Miss Dimple follows this superstition while peeling apples. Miss Dimple Rallies to the Cause; Mignon F. Ballard ~ (10/22)

What a nifty challenge. I'm in and will post closer to October when I figure out what to read.

I will try it, now to htink of books

Here are books that list more superstitions if you'd like more variation than what I listed:


Cassell Dictionary of Superstitions by David Pickering

A Dictionary of Superstitions by Iona Opie

The Encyclopedia of Superstitions by Edwin Radford

The Encyclopedia of Superstitions by Richard Webster

OMG. this is hard.

Ezinwanyi wrote: "OMG. this is hard."

No it's now we're pretty easy going here. For instance, you could read:
Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun by Lois Winston because assault sounds like salt. lol and Salt has superstitions attached to it. Like I said get creative. The main thing is to read and have fun. Hmmmm.... now I may have to read this book. The title makes me laugh.

-Friday the thirteenth
-Walking under a ladder
-Step on a crack, break your mother's back
-Breaking a mirror equals 7 years of bad luck
-Letting a Black cat cross your path
-Opening an umbrella in a house
-Spilling salt
-If you spill salt take a pinch of it and throw it over your left shoulder
-Crossing your fingers
-Knocking on wood
-Four leaf clover
-Lucky Rabbit's foot (although considered unlucky for the rabbit)
-Horseshoe
-Lady Bug
-Lucky Number Seven
-Pig (It's a German thing)
-Find a penny pick it up and all the day you'll have good luck
-Throwing a penny into a well or other body of water will gain you a wish.
- When your necklace clasp makes contact with the charm/pendant on your necklace in the front, you get to make a wish before you fix it.
- A person will be granted a wish if they end up with the larger half of a wishbone when two people each grab one end and pull.
- If you blow out all the candles on your cake on your birthday and you don't tell anyone what you wished for, it will come true.
- Wishing on the first star you see

I LOVE OCTOBER! Thinking about what to do.

Edit: Wonder if I can figure out a way to loop my birthday in as well...

Lucy wrote: "I LOVE OCTOBER! Thinking about what to do.

Edit: Wonder if I can figure out a way to loop my birthday in as well..."

Blow out a candle on the cake????

Lisarenee wrote: "Blow out a candle on the cake????"

Oh, yes. Good one, Lisarenee! Make a wish, Lucy!

10/10


T: Twice Tempted by a Rogue byTessa Dare Finished 10/2
H: Henry Tilney's Diary by Amanda Grange Finished 10/7
I: Ivy Hisselpenny-Tunstell in Timeless by Gail Carriger Finished 10/14
R: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling Finsihed 10/19
T: Tohrment in Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward Finished 10/20
E: Envy by Anna GodbersenFinished 10/30
E: Found by Evangeline Anderson Finished 10/24
N: Nick in Sins of the Night by Sherrilyn KenyonFinished 10/28
T: Mort by Terry PratchettFinished 10/26
H: Adam Hauptman in Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs Finished 10/6

Nothing but Reading Challenges

DONE!!!

Easy - Read 1 to 4 books
- something associated with a superstition on the cover (cat or coin on the cover or in the title)


Destroy Me - evil eye - 10/3
Trix and a Treat - black cat - 10/4
Cursed - witch's curse - 10/9




Difficult - Read 13 or more books
- opt for our ever popular spell-it-out Challenge.

F - Full Exposure - 10/9
O - Ordinary Angels - 10/8
U - Escape - Unchained#1 - 10/3
R - The Reinvention of Chastity - 10/16



L - Lena Matthews - Priceless - 10/9
E - Elizabeth Hunter - This Same Earth - 10/1
A - Amy "Red" Riding's Hood - 10/15
F - Fire Baptized - 10/15



C - Cursed - 10/9
L - LeTeisha Newton - Theirs to Claim - 10/7
O - One Deadly Sister - 10/16
V - Vallory Vance - Calendar Girl - 10/3
E - Marata Eros - Reapers - 10/13
R - Renee LaRuse - Tatted - 10/15

I'm in for easy (too many challenges going on as usual!) and will post as I go.

I'm going to do Moderate with the spell-it-out option.


Finished! 8/8 completed
B: Mrs. Jeffries Takes Stock by Emily Brightwell - Comp. 10/22
L: Lonesome Road by Patricia Wentworth - Comp. 10/4
A: Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil by Nancy Atherton - Comp. 10/6
C: Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie - Comp. 10/26
K: Slay It With Flowers by Kate Collins - Comp. 10/25

C: Gunpowder Green by Laura Childs - Comp. 10/17
A: Aunt Dimity: Detective by Nancy Atherton - Comp. 10/31
T: Top O' the Mournin' by Maddy Hunter - Comp. 10/19

I'll aim for moderate and spell ladder. Changed my mind (what a surprise!) - going with easy and spelling wish.

Wish
If you make a wish while throwing a coin into a well or fountain, the wish will come true.

Wish I may,
Wish I might
Have the wish I wish tonight.

If you tell someone your wish, it won't come true.

Letters completed: 4/4 - Completed!

W - Dan Wells - The Hollow City - 10/5/12
I - Ilona Andrews - Gunmetal Magic - 10/5/12
S - Sandy Williams - The Shadow Reader - 10/8/12
H - Julia Reed - The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story - 10/9/12

Midu wrote: "-Friday the thirteenth
-Walking under a ladder
-Step on a crack, break your mother's back
-Breaking a mirror equals 7 years of bad luck
-Letting a Black cat cross your path
-Opening an umbrella in ..."

Are you going to do all those Midu?

hey Lisarenee! Nope,will try to get in as many as I can though

Midu wrote: "hey Lisarenee! Nope,will try to get in as many as I can though"

Okay, lol. I was thinking you were one seriously supersitious reader. ;)

hehehe nah, just a normal reader!

hehehe nah, just a normal reader!

lol You jinxed yourself. Ohhhh is that another supersition?

*crosses fingers*

-Friday the thirteenth
-Walking under a ladder
-Step on a crack, break your mother's back
-Breaking a mirror equals 7 years of bad luck
-Letting a Black cat cross your path
-Opening an umbrella in a house-Alexia in �

-Spilling salt
-If you spill salt take a pinch of it and throw it over your left shoulder
-Crossing your fingers
-Knocking on wood
-Four leaf clover
-Lucky Rabbit's foot (although considered unlucky for the rabbit)
-Horseshoe
-Lady Bug
-Lucky Number Seven
-Pig (It's a German thing)
-Find a penny pick it up and all the day you'll have good luck
-Throwing a penny into a well or other body of water will gain you a wish.
- When your necklace clasp makes contact with the charm/pendant on your necklace in the front, you get to make a wish before you fix it.
- A person will be granted a wish if they end up with the larger half of a wishbone when two people each grab one end and pull.
- If you blow out all the candles on your cake on your birthday and you don't tell anyone what you wished for, it will come true.
- Wishing on the first star you see

I'm in for the easy level. I'll have to go find some books!

Midu wrote: "*crosses fingers*

-Friday the thirteenth
-Walking under a ladder
-Step on a crack, break your mother's back
-Breaking a mirror equals 7 years of bad luck
-Letting a Black cat cross your path
-Open..."

"Crosses Fingers"... I see what you did there :)

Duration: October 1st to 31st
0/13

CHILL
(view spoiler)[If you get a chill up your back or goosebumps, it means that someone is walking over your grave. (hide spoiler)]

DOG
(view spoiler)[A dog howling at night when someone in the house is sick is a bad omen. (hide spoiler)]

MISTLETOE
(view spoiler)[1.Mistletoe in the house protects it from thunder and lightning. It also cures many diseases, is an antidote to poison and brings good luck and fertility.
2.A girl standing under a mistletoe cannot refuse to be kissed by anyone who claims the privilege. (hide spoiler)]

OWL
(view spoiler)[It is bad luck to see an owl in the sunlight. (hide spoiler)]

RAVEN
(view spoiler)[To kill a raven is to harm the spirit of King Arthur who visits the world in the form of a raven. (hide spoiler)]

ROCKING CHAIR
(view spoiler)[If you leave a rocking chair rocking when empty, it invites evil spirits to come into your house to sit in the rocking chair. (hide spoiler)]

SEVEN
(view spoiler)[1.To break a mirror brings seven years of bad luck. The cure: to bury the pieces, or run them in a stream.
2.The seventh son of a seventh son has magic powers, according to Irish folklore, but is a vampire in Romanian legend. (hide spoiler)]

SPARROW
(view spoiler)[Sparrows carry the souls of the dead, it's unlucky to kill one. (hide spoiler)]

VEIL
(view spoiler)[A bride's veil protects her from evil spirits who are jealous of happy people. (hide spoiler)]

ACORN
(view spoiler)[1.An acorn should be carried to bring luck and ensure a long life.
2.An acorn at the window will keep lightning out (hide spoiler)]

BEE
(view spoiler)[1.If a bee enters your home, it's a sign that you will soon have a visitor. If you kill the bee, you will have bad luck, or the visitor will be unpleasant.
2.A swarm of bees settling on a roof is an omen that the house will burn down. (hide spoiler)]

BELL
(view spoiler)[1.The sound of bells drives away demons because they're afraid of the loud noise.
2.When a bell rings, a new angel has received his wings. (hide spoiler)]

BLUE
(view spoiler)[To protect yourself from witches, wear a blue bead. (hide spoiler)]

@Lucy:
hehehe just warding off jinxes!

Ooh, I think I'll participate! This will be my first reading challenge :-) Not sure yet how many to read or which, but I'm going to work on that now.

Midu wrote: "@Lucy:
hehehe just warding off jinxes!"

lol

Kaitlin wrote: "Ooh, I think I'll participate! This will be my first reading challenge :-) Not sure yet how many to read or which, but I'm going to work on that now."

Can't wait to see what you'll do. :)

I'm in, will post when I figure out what I'm going to read. There is one book that has a great cover -

-Friday the thirteenth
-Walking under a ladder
-Step on a crack, break your mother's back
-Breaking a mirror equals 7 years of bad luck
-Letting a Black cat cross your path
-Opening an umbrella in a house-Alexia in �

-Spilling salt
-If you spill salt take a pinch of it and throw it over your left shoulder
-Crossing your fingers

-Knocking on wood- �

-Four leaf clover
-Lucky Rabbit's foot (although considered unlucky for the rabbit)
-Horseshoe
-Lady Bug
-Lucky Number Seven
-Pig (It's a German thing)
-Find a penny pick it up and all the day you'll have good luck
-Throwing a penny into a well or other body of water will gain you a wish.
- When your necklace clasp makes contact with the charm/pendant on your necklace in the front, you get to make a wish before you fix it.
- A person will be granted a wish if they end up with the larger half of a wishbone when two people each grab one end and pull.
- If you blow out all the candles on your cake on your birthday and you don't tell anyone what you wished for, it will come true.
- Wishing on the first star you see

Nothing but Reading Challenges
October's Superstitions Challenge
Duration: 10/1/2012 - 10/31/2012

title, name of characters, or the name of an author

Progress: 10 out of 13 - Difficult

SUPERSTITION
S: Skinwalker by Faith Hunter - - 10/1/2012
U: Unicorn: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle - - 10/8/2012
P: Phantom Evil by Heather Graham - - 10/24/2012
E
R: River Marked by Patricia Briggs - **** - 10/11/2012
S: Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs - **** - 10/9/2012
T
I: Ilona Andrews; Magic Strikes - - 10/3/2012
T
I: Insurgent by Veronica Roth - - 10/23/2012
O: Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper - **** - 10/15/2012
N: Nick Ziegler: Crazy For You by Jennifer Crusie - - 10/22/2012
S: Spade: At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost - *** - 10/18/2012

I'm in!!

Moderate 7/8

B: Bait by Annie Nicholas (Oct 13th)
L: The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko (Oct 10th)
A: The Abduction of Julia by Karen Hawkins (Oct 11th)
C: Ward Against Death (Chronicles of a Reluctant Necromancer #1) by Melanie Card (Oct 2nd)
K: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (Oct 21)

C: Claimed (Brides of the Kindred #1) by Evangeline Anderson (Oct 6th)
A
T: Easy by Tammara Webber (Oct 16th)

October Superstitions Challenge

Hard 10/10

1. Scissors (Don't give scissors to someone you love or the relationship will end soon) It's Kind of a Funny Story
2. Bloody Mary Managing Thought
3. Full Moon (Women should not be caught in the light of a full moon or they will give birth to monsters.) Shoot the Moon
4. House (It's bad luck to leave a house through a different door than you came in.) The Haunting of Hill House
5. Ring (Don't drop a wedding ring during the ceremony or the marriage will end in divorce). The End of the Affair
6. Cat The Garden of Last Days
7. Barn Owl (Barn owls are a sign that the devil is watching.) The Sense of an Ending
8. Superstition Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
9. Hand (An itchy right hand means you'll be coming into money.) Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
10. Sleepwalking (Your soul leaves your body when you sleepwalk.) The Dangers of Proximal Alphabets

-Friday the thirteenth
-Walking under a ladder
-Step on a crack, break your mother's back
-Breaking a mirror equals 7 years of bad luck
-Letting a Black cat cross your path
-Opening an umbrella in a house-Alexia in �

-Spilling salt
-If you spill salt take a pinch of it and throw it over your left shoulder
-Crossing your fingers

-Knocking on wood- �

-Four leaf clover
-Lucky Rabbit's foot (although considered unlucky for the rabbit)
-Horseshoe
-Lady Bug
-Lucky Number Seven
-Pig
-Find a penny pick it up and all the day you'll have good luck
-Throwing a penny into a well or other body of water will gain you a wish.
- When your necklace clasp makes contact with the charm/pendant on your necklace in the front, you get to make a wish before you fix it.
- A person will be granted a wish if they end up with the larger half of a wishbone when two people each grab one end and pull.
- If you blow out all the candles on your cake on your birthday and you don't tell anyone what you wished for, it will come true.
- Wishing on the first star you see

- A large gap between the teeth = lucky in life; Large teeth = physical strength; Small, regular teeth = careful and methodical in your habits �

-Friday the thirteenth
-Walking under a ladder
-Step on a crack, break your mother's back
-Breaking a mirror equals 7 years of bad luck

-Letting a Black cat cross your path �

-Opening an umbrella in a house- �

-Spilling salt
-If you spill salt take a pinch of it and throw it over your left shoulder
-Crossing your fingers

-Knocking on wood- �

-Four leaf clover
-Lucky Rabbit's foot (although considered unlucky for the rabbit)
-Horseshoe
-Lady Bug
-Lucky Number Seven
-Pig
-Find a penny pick it up and all the day you'll have good luck
-Throwing a penny into a well or other body of water will gain you a wish.
- When your necklace clasp makes contact with the charm/pendant on your necklace in the front, you get to make a wish before you fix it.
- A person will be granted a wish if they end up with the larger half of a wishbone when two people each grab one end and pull.
- If you blow out all the candles on your cake on your birthday and you don't tell anyone what you wished for, it will come true.
- Wishing on the first star you see

- A large gap between the teeth = lucky in life; Large teeth = physical strength; Small, regular teeth = careful and methodical in your habits �

-Chew poison ivy leaves occasionally and you'll never be poisoned by it �

-The first corpse laid in a new churchyard is claimed by the devil �

Level: Easy 1-4 books

READ: 5/5
�1. If a black cat walks towards you, it brings good fortune, but if it walks away, it takes the good luck with it.
Charmed to Death - Shirley Damsgaard (black cat on cover) 10/28

�2. If you spill pepper you will have a serious argument with your best friend.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - Terry Pratchett (character named Pepper) 10/8

�3. To kill a raven is to harm the spirit of King Arthur who visits the world in the form of a raven.
Steampunk Poe - Edgar Allen Poe (raven on the cover) 10/29

�4. Rosemary planted by the doorstep will keep witches away.
Wages of Sin - Jenna Maclaine (heroine is a witch) 10/4

�5. A girl standing under a mistletoe cannot refuse to be kissed by anyone who claims the privilege.
Simply Irresistible - Jill Shalvis (lots of kissing under the mistletoe) 10/18



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

-Friday the thirteenth
-Walking under a ladder
-Step on a crack, break your mother's back
-Breaking a mirror equals 7 years of bad luck

-Letting a Black cat cross your path �

-Opening an umbrella in a house- �

-Spilling salt
-If you spill salt take a pinch of it and throw it over your left shoulder
-Crossing your fingers

-Knocking on wood- �

-Four leaf clover
-Lucky Rabbit's foot (although considered unlucky for the rabbit)
-Horseshoe
-Lady Bug
-Lucky Number Seven
-Pig

-Find a penny pick it up and all the day you'll have good luck �

-Throwing a penny into a well or other body of water will gain you a wish.
- When your necklace clasp makes contact with the charm/pendant on your necklace in the front, you get to make a wish before you fix it.
- A person will be granted a wish if they end up with the larger half of a wishbone when two people each grab one end and pull.
- If you blow out all the candles on your cake on your birthday and you don't tell anyone what you wished for, it will come true.
- Wishing on the first star you see

- A large gap between the teeth = lucky in life; Large teeth = physical strength; Small, regular teeth = careful and methodical in your habits �

-Chew poison ivy leaves occasionally and you'll never be poisoned by it �

-The first corpse laid in a new churchyard is claimed by the devil �

Updated post 36

-Friday the thirteenth
-Walking under a ladder
-Step on a crack, break your mother's back
-Breaking a mirror equals 7 years of bad luck

-Letting a Black cat cross your path �

-Opening an umbrella in a house- �

-Spilling salt
-If you spill salt take a pinch of it and throw it over your left shoulder
-Crossing your fingers

-Knocking on wood- �

-Four leaf clover
-Lucky Rabbit's foot (although considered unlucky for the rabbit)
-Horseshoe
-Lady Bug
-Lucky Number Seven
-Pig

-Find a penny pick it up and all the day you'll have good luck �

-Throwing a penny into a well or other body of water will gain you a wish.
- When your necklace clasp makes contact with the charm/pendant on your necklace in the front, you get to make a wish before you fix it.
- A person will be granted a wish if they end up with the larger half of a wishbone when two people each grab one end and pull.
- If you blow out all the candles on your cake on your birthday and you don't tell anyone what you wished for, it will come true.
- Wishing on the first star you see

- A large gap between the teeth = lucky in life; Large teeth = physical strength; Small, regular teeth = careful and methodical in your habits �

-Chew poison ivy leaves occasionally and you'll never be poisoned by it �

-The first corpse laid in a new churchyard is claimed by the devil �

-A circle of salt can protect you from the supernatural �

Updated: Post #4 ~ 3/11

-Friday the thirteenth
-Walking under a ladder
-Step on a crack, break your mother's back
-Breaking a mirror equals 7 years of bad luck

-Letting a Black cat cross your path �

-Opening an umbrella in a house- �

-Spilling salt
-If you spill salt take a pinch of it and throw it over your left shoulder
-Crossing your fingers

-Knocking on wood- �

-Four leaf clover
-Lucky Rabbit's foot (although considered unlucky for the rabbit)
-Horseshoe
-Lady Bug
-Lucky Number Seven
-Pig

-Find a penny pick it up and all the day you'll have good luck �

-Throwing a penny into a well or other body of water will gain you a wish.
- When your necklace clasp makes contact with the charm/pendant on your necklace in the front, you get to make a wish before you fix it.
- A person will be granted a wish if they end up with the larger half of a wishbone when two people each grab one end and pull.
- If you blow out all the candles on your cake on your birthday and you don't tell anyone what you wished for, it will come true.
- Wishing on the first star you see

- A large gap between the teeth = lucky in life; Large teeth = physical strength; Small, regular teeth = careful and methodical in your habits �

-Chew poison ivy leaves occasionally and you'll never be poisoned by it �

-The first corpse laid in a new churchyard is claimed by the devil �

-A circle of salt can protect you from the supernatural �

-the Chinese do not sweep during the New Years because if one does so he will sweep away all the good fortune. Hence the sweeping on the New Year is to be done the day previous/ just before the Spring Festival, Kitchen God returns to heaven to report back to the Jade Emperor about the activities of every household. After seeing his report, the Emperor will either reward or punish a family, based on what he has heard �

Updated Post #18 - Completed my (easy) spell-it-out and finished wish.

I'm doing the easy level and making it a spell-it-out with Cat. So far I've read and now I am reading for the C and the A I have to find a book for T. I decided to go with The Adventures of Tom Sawyerfor T. I'm not going to finish in time but these have been great books and I'm having a blast!

Post 36 updated

I finally got the chance to set up this challege. After realizing that two books I already planned to read had Irish sounding author names, I decided to go with a loosely Irish-themed spell-it-out: Clover. Anything books I use have to be related to Ireland in some tenuous fashion.

Update 10/21: October is turning into a busy, busy month! Not sure I'll have time for any more books. Here are the three I completed:

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
The Rook by Daniel O'Malley
Room by Emma Donaghue




So with those three including the T/R option for "The Rook" I've got: net, ten, ent, ned, nod, mod, dom, cod, doc, erm, tom, ton, den, nor.

Darn! No superstitions there (a google search shows no superstitions having to do with cod- can you believe it?!)

Updated post 36