NEW YEAR SUPERSTITIONS
Added on: 1st Jan 2016
KISSING AT THE MIDNIGHT STROKE,
ONE OF MOST POPULAR BELIEFS AROUND
THE WORLD IS TO KISS YOUR BELOVED AND
DEAR ONES AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT.
IT EXUDES WARMTH AND AFFECTION AND
SHOWS HOW MUCH YOU CARE FOR YOUR LOVED ONES.
IT IS SAID THAT THOSE WHO FAIL TO DO SO
WILL HAVE COLD RELATIONS WITH THEIR
LOVED ONES FOR ONE FULL YEAR.
SETTLING OLD AND UNPAID BILLS
NEW YEAR SHOULD NOT BEGIN WITH
UNSETTLED AMOUNTS AND UNPAID DEBTS.
IT IS ALWAYS SAID THAT ALL MONEY
SETTLEMENTS SHOULD BE DEALT WITH
BEFORE THE OLD YEAR CLOSES.
IT IS THE TIME TO BURY THE FOREGONE
AND BEGIN AFRESH, HENCE ONE SHOULD
TAKE CARE THAT DEBTS ARE PAID OFF
BEFORE JANUARY 1.
BRAND NEW CLOTHES
IT IS BELIEVED THAT ONE SHOULD BEGIN
THE NEW YEAR BY WEARING BRAND
NEW CLOTHES. NOT ONLY IS IT AUSPICIOUS,
BUT IT ALSO ENSURES THAT YOU HAVE A
STEADY FLOW OF NEW CLOTHES
FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR,
TO JAZZ UP YOUR WARDROBE!
LOUD NOISES
GREET THE NEW YEAR BY MAKING LOUD NOISES.
NOT ONLY WOULD YOU ENJOY DOING THAT,
BUT ALSO IT IS BELIEVED THAT IT
SCARES AWAY EVIL SPIRITS,
THUS ENSURING YOU HAVE A HASSLE
FREE NEW YEAR.
LETTING OUT MONEY
MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T PAY BACK
LOANS OR LEND MONEY TO ANYONE ON
JANUARY 1. IT INDICATES THAT YOU SHALL
BE PAYING ALL YEAR LONG AND MONEY
WOULD BE FLOWING OUT, INSTEAD OF
THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
BORN ON 1ST JANUARY
IT IS SAID THAT BABIES BORN ON THE
1ST OF JANUARY WILL ALWAYS HAVE
LUCK AND PROSPERITY ON THEIR SIDE.
DAMAGE AND WRECKAGE
MAKE SURE YOU DON'T BREAK OR WRECK
ANYTHING ON THE NEW YEAR.
IF YOU DO, YOU SHALL HAVE A
DAMAGING NEW YEAR.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT INDICATES THAT
'WRECK' WILL BE YOUR COMPANION
FOR THE NEW YEAR.
IT IS ALSO RECOMMENDED
THAT YOU REMAIN HAPPY AND CHEERFUL
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR
AS IT ENSURES THAT YOU SHALL HAVE
A CHEERFUL YEAR AHEAD.
FIRST VISITOR
IT IS A POPULAR BELIEF THAT THE
FIRST PERSON WHO ENTERS YOUR
ABODE INDICATES AND INFLUENCES THE
KIND OF YEAR YOU WILL HAVE AHEAD.
IT IS CONSIDERED LUCKY IF A TALL,
DARK-HAIRED MAN SETS HIS FOOT IN
YOUR HOUSE ON THE NEW YEAR.
SUCH A VISITOR SHOULD BE GREETED
WARMLY AND TREATED GENEROUSLY.
IT IS EVEN BETTER IF HE GETS
A GIFT FOR YOU.
SOME OF THE LUCKIEST GIFTS INCLUDE
A SILVER COIN, A LUMP OF COAL,
PIECE OF BREAD, ETC.
BLONDES AND REDHEADS ARE
SUPPOSED TO BRING BAD LUCK,
SO KEEP THEM AWAY. ALSO,
IT IS BAD-LUCK IF A WOMAN ENTERS
YOUR HOME FIRST,
SO TRY TO KEEP THEM AWAY TOO,
EVEN IF THAT REQUIRES NOT OPENING
THE DOOR!
BLACK EYED PEAS
THE BLACK-EYED PEAS ARE CONSIDERED
A SYMBOL OF GOOD-LUCK AND ARE
USUALLY COMBINED WITH CABBAGE OR
TURNIP GREENS, WHICH SYMBOLIZE MONEY.
HENCE, EATING A COMBINATION OF
BLACK-EYED PEAS AND EITHER OF CABBAGE
OR TURNIP GREENS ENSURES THAT YOU
HAVE A GREAT PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
AND THE FOLLOWING DAYS ARE EQUALLY JOYOUS.
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