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  2. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    See a pin and pick it up, all the day you will have good luck; See a pin and let it lay, bad luck you will have all day; See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; Seeing is believing; Seek and ye shall find; Set a thief to catch a thief; Shiny are the distant hills; Shrouds have no pockets (Speech is silver but) Silence is golden

  3. Mark Cuban, J.K. Rowling, Oprah: 31 quotes about luck (and ...

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    St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner, so we've got 31 quotes about luck--making your own, being ready when it arrives, even bemoaning its absence--from quotable people ranging from Marc ...

  4. Toi toi toi - Wikipedia

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    An alternate operatic good luck charm originating from Italy is the phrase In bocca al lupo! (In the mouth of the wolf) with the response Crepi! or Crepi il lupo! (May it [the wolf] die!). Amongst actors "Break a leg" is the usual phrase, while for professional dancers the traditional saying is merde (French, meaning "shit").

  5. Albatross (metaphor) - Wikipedia

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    Jeff Williams' song "Bad Luck Charm" contains the line "I'm a cursed black cat, I'm an albatross, I'm a mirror broken, Sad to say, I'm your bad luck charm". Josh Ritter refers to a lingering albatross in his song "Monster Ballad". The characters are lost in the desert after having been lost at sea.

  6. Sailors' superstitions - Wikipedia

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    Sailors believed that certain symbols and talismans would help them in facing certain events in life; they thought that those symbols would attract good luck or bad luck in the worst of the cases: Sailors, at the constant mercy of the elements, often feel the need for religious images on their bodies to appease the angry powers that caused ...

  7. We Have the 140 Best Irish Blessings and Favorite Irish ... - AOL

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    The things that made you sad. But never forget to remember The things that made you glad. 9. May you escape the gallows, avoid distress, And be as healthy as a trout. 10. If God sends you down a ...

  8. Why is Friday the 13th unlucky? The cultural origins of an ...

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    Basically, whenever a 13 comes up in my life, it’s a good thing.” With more endorsements like this, fortune, rather than fear, might well become the legacy of Friday the 13th. This article was ...

  9. Theatrical superstitions - Wikipedia

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    In America, it is considered bad luck to wish someone "good luck" in a theatre. Prior to performances, it is traditional for the cast to gather together to avert the bad luck by wishing each other bad luck or cursing, the expression " break a leg " replaces the phrase " good luck ".