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  Do not leave grains of rice on your plate or your spouse will have acne or pockmarks

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  Finish all the food on your plate or your future spouse will be ugly

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  Do not open an umbrella indoors or bad luck will enter the house

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  Do not shake your leg or you will shake your luck and money away

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  Say “touch wood” and literally touch wood after saying something unlucky to avoid bad luck

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  Pregnant women should avoid manananggal and aswang folklore creatures for protection

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  If you see a kapre (tree giant) or tikbalang (horse demon), avoid their territory

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  Don’t marry in the same year as a family death, or it brings misfortune (“sukob”)

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  Consult an “albularyo” (folk healer) for unexplained illnesses or curses

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  Use “gayuma” (love potion) to attract someone