New Year's Superstitions

[Savage Kitten]

In a few minutes it will be 2002!! People all over the world have different superstitions about the first day of the year. Some believe that you should eat black eyed peas and collared greens to ensure prosperity through out the new year.

I heard today that if you washed any laundry on the 1st day of the new year that you would "wash out" someone in your family for the next year.

What are you superstitions? What are some things we need to do or be sure that we do not do???

 

[morninggirl5]

Black-eyed peas for luck and wealth.


Never heard the laundry thing before, but I like it. I'm adopting it as my own personal superstition.

 

[obstinate fawn]

What are you superstitions? What are some things we need to do or be sure that we do not do???

Being from the south, we are going to have black eye peas and boiled cabbage.

fawn

 

[SGTBIGDOG420]

basicly you cant clean any thing on new years day.
if you wash clothes you wash someone away as savage said, if you sweep you will sweep a life away(i/e dead) and you must put a dime in your green for wealth, and whatever your doing when the new year hits is what you will be doing all year. thats all I know of.

 

[SINthysist]

Another vote for black-eyed peas.

 

[lovetoread]

black eyes peas and greens. But what kind of greens escapes me.

 

[Guest]

My grandmother was German, but I'm not sure if this is a German tradition or not for the first day of the new year.

Growing up in Pennsylvania, we always had sauerkraut and pork with mashed potatoes for dinner every January 1st. My grandmother always added a type of homemade tomato sauce to the sauerkraut and it made it almost orange in color. It was delicious.

I don't make this for my family now because they would not eat it. But, most of my family back in PA still eat this for their dinner every New Year's Day.

Happiness to All,
Enchanted

 

[Shylady]

Well we will be having our blackeye peas today.

But I refuse to eat collard greens. So I guess I will have only 1/2 year of good luck.

 

[KnightWing]

My ex's family...

Always had Chicken Pupurkash (sp) They had a Hungarian background, and their parents always made it on New Years.
I will have steak!

Wing

 

[erosman]

My grandmother was German, but I'm not sure if this is a German tradition or not for the first day of the new year.

Growing up in Pennsylvania, we always had sauerkraut and pork with mashed potatoes for dinner every January 1st. My grandmother always added a type of homemade tomato sauce to the sauerkraut and it made it almost orange in color. It was delicious.

I don't make this for my family now because they would not eat it. But, most of my family back in PA still eat this for their dinner every New Year's Day.

Happiness to All,
Enchanted

That sounds so good, Enchanted. You can fix it anytime for me. I'll lick the plate clean . (I'm also partial to chicken salad...with pine nuts .)

 

[MissVictoria]

January/new years superstitions

By her who in this month was born,
no gem save garnets should be worn.
They will ensure her constancy,
true friendship and fidelity.

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The weather of the first twelve days of January will be indicative of that to be expected in the following twelve months.

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On new years night, sleep with jasmine under your pillow and you will dream of the man you are going to marry.

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A summerish January,
A winterish spring.
A January spring
Is worth nae thing.
If you see grass in January,
lock your grain in your grainary.

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You will have bad luck if you do not clean the hearth of your fireplace on new years day.

 

[morninggirl5]

Re: January/new years superstitions

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The weather of the first twelve days of January will be indicative of that to be expected in the following twelve months.

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On new years night, sleep with jasmine under your pillow and you will dream of the man you are going to marry.

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A summerish January,
A winterish spring.
A January spring
Is worth nae thing.
If you see grass in January,
lock your grain in your grainary.

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You will have bad luck if you do not clean the hearth of your fireplace on new years day.

No hearth, but this one contradicts all the other cleaning ones. To be safe, I'm not cleaning anything today.

Now, where was that jasmine?

 

[lazarus UK]

Northern England:

The first person into the house after midnight should be a tall, dark stranger (or a close facsimile.. ) for luck.

The above-mentioned should be greeted with a glass of whisky - so who's lucky is a moot point.