THIRTEEN If 13 people sit down at a table to eat, one of them will die before the year is over. TONGUE If you bite your tongue while eating, it is because you have recently told a lie. UMBRELLA Dropping an umbrella on the floor means that there will be a murder in the house. It's bad luck to open an umbrella inside the house, especially if you put it over your head. VALENTINE'S DAY If a woman sees a robin flying overhead on Valentine's Day, it means she will marry a sailor. If she sees a sparrow, she will marry a poor man and be very happy. If she sees a goldfinch, she will marry a millionaire. VEIL A bride's veil protects her from evil spirits who are jealous of happy people. WATERMELON A watermelon will grow in your stomach if you swallow a watermelon seed. WEATHER Red sky at night, Sailor's delight. Red sky at morning Sailors take warning Rain, rain, go away, Come again another day. Rain on the green grass Rain on the hillside, But not on me. WOOD Knock three times on wood after mentioning good fortune so evil spirits won't ruin it. WINDOW All windows should be opened at the moment of death so that the soul can leave. WISH If you make a wish while throwing a coin into a well or fountain, the wish will come true. Wish I may, Wish I might Have the wish I wish tonight. If you tell someone your wish, it won't come true. WISHBONE Two people pull apart the dried breastbone of a chicken or turkey until it cracks and breaks, each one making a wish while doing so. The person who gets the long half of the wishbone will have his or her wish come true. X The number of Xs in the palm of your right hand is the number of children you will have. YAWN A yawn is a sign that danger is near. Cover your mouth when you yawn, or your soul can go out of your body along with the yawn. WEDDING DAY Certain days of the week, and certain months of the year are better than others for a wedding. Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday best of all, Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, Saturday for no luck at all Married when the year is new, he'll be loving, kind & true, When February birds do mate, You wed nor dread your fate. If you wed when March winds blow, joy and sorrow both you'll know. Marry in April when you can, Joy for Maiden & for Man. Marry in the month of May, and you'll surely rue the day. Marry when June roses grow, over land and sea you'll go. Those who in July do wed, must labor for their daily bred. Whoever wed in August be, many a change is sure to see Marry in September's shrine, your living will be rich and fine. If in October you do marry, love will come but riches tarry. If you wed in bleak November, only joys will come, remember. When December snows fall fast, marry and true love will last. FOR A LUCKY BRIDE Something old, Something new, Something borrowed, Something blue, And a lucky sixpence In her shoe. Married in White, you have chosen right Married in Grey, you will go far away, Married in Black, you will wish yourself back, Married in Red, you will wish yourself dead, Married in Green, ashamed to be seen, Married in Blue, you will always be true, Married in Pearl, you will live in a whirl, Married in Yellow, ashamed of your fellow, Married in Brown, you will live in the town, Married in Pink, you spirit will sink. WEDDING DAY Good Omens: seeing a rainbow having the sun shine meeting a black cat meeting a chimney sweep WEDDING DAY Bad Omens: a pig, hare, or lizard running across the road seeing an open grave meeting a nun or a monk foretell barrenness OTHER BELIEFS If the groom drops the wedding band during the ceremony, the marriage is doomed. The new bride must enter her home by the main door, and must not trip or fall - hence the custom of carrying the bride over the threshold. The spouse who goes to sleep first on the wedding day will be the first to die. WEDDING CAKE If a single woman sleeps with a piece of wedding cake under her pillow, she will dream of her future husband.