How to Bring Good Luck into your Home!

It's Halloween, and it is not my favorite holiday at all. Having a big imagination does not bode well with being a fraidy cat; I jump at the slightest thing, cover my eyes when the scary music comes on, and am still a little afraid of the dark.

So, in the spirit (ha-ha) of Halloween, I thought I would share some good luck household superstitions, that you may, or may not have heard of... 

• Leave your windows and doors closed on November 1st (tomorrow) it can bring bad luck into your home.
• Carry bread and salt with you when you first enter a new home; the household will never know hunger, and it's pantry will always be filled. 
• When you move out of a house, leave the broom behind. Along with the dust and dirt of your old home, old brooms also carry the negative aspects of your life. 
• A new broom signifies a fresh start in your new home.
• Paint your front porch blue to ward off ghosts. (Ghosts, can’t cross water, and apparently get confused easily). 
• A spider in the house brings good luck (don't kill them), and if a spider builds its web across your door, you can expect company.
• Never put shoes on a table, it brings bad luck. (Shoes as table legs are okay).
• Don’t move into a new place on a Friday, Saturday, or a rainy day. These days are unlucky, and may prevent you from ever truly settling into your new home. Thursday is the luckiest day to move in.
• Never sweep over a threshold, or you will sweep all the good luck out the door. 
• To prevent an unwelcome guest from returning, sweep out the room they stayed in immediately after they leave. 
• A bed changed on Friday will bring bad dreams that night. 
• A frog in the house brings good luck. (It also makes you scream - last year, a toad stowed away in a flat of flowers that my friend had brought me. I found it sitting on the living room floor). 
• A horseshoe hung above the doorway will bring good luck to your home (ends up). 
• If you leave the house for the day, and realized that you forgot something, it's okay to comeback, but you have to look at yourself in a mirror before leaving again. 
• If bubbles appear in a cup of coffee, you accidentally knock over a sugar bowl, or tea leaves float to the top of the cup, money will soon come your way. 
• Sitting on a kitchen table, or counter, will cause a women never to be wed. 

And, finally, run outside after you have read this, because catch falling leaves in Autumn and you will have good luck (every leaf means a lucky month next year!).

Photograph from Houzz