My mom and her family were superstitious. I remember many things they used to do - or not do. Amonst them the already mentioned. When I was a child, I accidentially broke a big mirror and I rememeber my mom telling me that it meant 7 years of bad luck, so I was terrified.

As a teenager I deliberately walked under latters to prove nothing would happen.

If I spill salt, I still throw some over my left shoulder. If you don't, something will happen which will make you cry.

There's one more thing that hasn't been mentioned here. If you take all your money and hold them out of the window just after 24.00 o'clock on New Years Eve you're not supposed to be in need of money the coming year.

The less you know of all these, the better!