Touch Wood: Superstitions |
Common terms and phrases
animal Araignée baby bad luck bees believed birds BIRTH AND DEATH birthstones Blackberries blood body bramble bread Bridal wear bride cancel Candles carried child clock clothes colour Corn Goddess cradle cross fingers Crown of Thorns cuckoo cure custom danger dead door drop eggs evil eyes fall fear fertility rites fish fortune Friday given glove hag stone happen hare holy Holy Communion human Isha Mellor keep kiss knife Knock on wood Last Supper leave look lover lucky lumbago means mirror moon mother mourning nails never night omen one's Opals Parsley person pick pierced ears pins plants Poppies protection reason reminded rhyme robin Rough music Sailors salt scissors shoe sneeze someone spells spiders spit spoon superstitions concerning thing throw TOUCH WOOD trees turn unlucky walking under ladders warning Wash wear weather whistling whooping-cough witchcraft witches woman words yawn