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  The first person to enter a home on New Year’s Day sets the year’s fortune (ideally a tall, dark-haired man with coal, money, and bread)

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  Touching or knocking on wood, especially maple, brings good luck

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  Rain on your wedding day is good luck, as a wet knot is harder to untie

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  Hosting a house-cooling party before moving wards off bad spirits

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  Burning a piece of bannock bread before eating feeds ancestral spirits and brings luck (First Nations)

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  Hiding a loonie (one-dollar coin) under the ice brings good luck in hockey

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  Blessing someone when they sneeze prevents their soul from leaving their body

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  Grey mittens on a ship are bad luck, as undertakers wore them (Nova Scotia folklore)

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  A red sky at night in spring in Saskatchewan predicts a windy day unsuitable for seeding

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  Running around St. Andrews-on-the-Red in Manitoba three times at midnight will make you disappear