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Karthik Karunakaran, Ph.D.
Rain on your wedding day is good luck, as a wet knot is harder to untie
Hosting a house-cooling party before moving wards off bad spirits
Burning a piece of bannock bread before eating feeds ancestral spirits and brings luck (First Nations)
Hiding a loonie (one-dollar coin) under the ice brings good luck in hockey
Blessing someone when they sneeze prevents their soul from leaving their body
Grey mittens on a ship are bad luck, as undertakers wore them (Nova Scotia folklore)
A red sky at night in spring in Saskatchewan predicts a windy day unsuitable for seeding
Running around St. Andrews-on-the-Red in Manitoba three times at midnight will make you disappear
Blessing a new home with smoldering sage wards off evil spirits (First Nations tradition)
Picking blackberries after October 11 in Alberta is bad luck, as the devil has claimed them
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