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Sit down briefly before a journey for good luck
Don’t whistle at night, or you’ll attract bad spirits or misfortune (including specific legends about the Northern Lights and wildmen)
Hockey players keep a “lucky puck” for good fortune in games
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)
Finding a four-leaf clover brings good luck
Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day
Tossing rice at weddings is done to ensure prosperity and fertility
Never place your hat on a bed, as it brings bad luck
Huldra, a forest spirit, appears as a beautiful woman but is hollow or has a tail; she lures people into the forest
Draug, undead sailors, are omens of death for fishermen and sailors
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