MANDRAKE Mandrake is a mysterious plant believed to have powers of preventing sterility in men and animals, causing barren women to bear children, and compelling love.
Mandrake is thought to have aphrodisiac and fertilizing properties.
Clairvoyants use mandrake to increase their visions to enable them to see strange and wonderful things.
MILK It's bad luck to let milk boil over.
MIRROR To break a mirror means 7 years bad luck.
It is unlucky to see your face in a mirror by candlelight.
A mirror should be covered during a thunderstorm because it attracts lightning.
If a mirror in the house falls and breaks by itself, someone in the house will die soon.
MISTLETOE 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.
A girl standing under a mistletoe cannot refuse to be kissed by anyone who claims the privilege.
MOTH A white moth inside the house or trying to enter the house means death.
NOSE If your nose itches, someone is coming to see you. If it's the right nostril, the visitor will be a female, left nostril, male.
ONION An onion cut in half and placed under the bed of a sick person will draw off fever and poisons.
A wish will come true if you make it while burning onions.
OPAL Unless you were born in October, it's unlucky to wear opals.
OWL It is bad luck to see an owl in the sunlight.
PENCIL If you use the same pencil to take a test that you used for studying for the test, the pencil will remember the answers.
PEPPER If you spill pepper you will have a serious argument with your best friend.
PHOTOGRAPH If 3 people are photographed together, the one in the middle will die first.
RABBIT'S FOOT A rabbit's foot will bring luck and protect the owner from evil spirits if carried in the pocket.
RAINBOW A rainbow in the Eastern sky, The morrow will be fine and dry. A rainbow in the West that gleams, Rain tomorrow falls in streams.
RAVEN To kill a raven is to harm the spirit of King Arthur who visits the world in the form of a raven.
RED A red ribbon should be placed on a child who has been sick to keep the illness from returning.
ROBIN A wish made upon seeing the first robin in spring will come true - but only if you complete the wish before the robin flies away.
ROCKING CHAIR If you leave a rocking chair rocking when empty, it invites evil spirits to come into your house to sit in the rocking chair.
ROSEMARY Rosemary planted by the doorstep will keep witches away.
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