Yule - Christmas superstitions

Snow on Christmas means Easter will be green.

A blowing wind on Christmas Day brings good luck.

Wearing new shoes on Christmas Day will bring bad luck.

The child born on Christmas Day will have a special fortune.

Place shoes by side on Christmas Eve to prevent a quarreling family.

To have good health throughout the next year, eat an apple on
Christmas Eve.

A clear star-filled sky on Christmas Eve will bring good crops in
The summer.

Eat plum pudding on Christmas and avoid losing a friend before next
Christmas.

On Christmas Eve all animals can speak. However, it is bad luck to
Test this superstition.

If you refuse a mince pie at Christmas dinner, you will have bad
Luck for the coming day.

Good luck will come to the home where a fire is kept burning
Throughout the Christmas season.

In Greece, some people burn their old shoes during the Christmas
Season to prevent misfortunes in the coming year.

In Devonshire, England, a girl raps at the henhouse door on
Christmas Eve. If a rooster crows, she will marry within the year.
At midnight on Christmas Eve, all water turns to wine, cattle kneel
Facing toward the East, horses kneel and blow as if to warm the
Manger, Animals can speak but it is bad for a human to hear them, and the
Bees hum the Hundredth Psalm.

The Irish believe that the gates of heaven open at midnight on
Christmas Eve. Those who die at that time go straight through
Without having to wait in purgatory.

It is considered very lucky to be born on Christmas Eve or Christmas
Day in most countries. However, in Greece the child is feared to be
A Kallikantzaroi or a wandering spirit. In Poland the child may turn
Out to be a werewolf.

The weather on each of the twelve days of Christmas signifies what
The weather will be on the appropriate month of the coming year.

There is a game in Germany where they blindfold a goose. The girls
Make a circle around the goose and whoever it touches first will be
The first to get married.

Place a branch of a cherry tree in water at the beginning of advent.
It will bring luck if it flowers by Christmas.

You should burn your old shoes during the Christmas season in Greece
To prevent misfortunes in the coming year.

It is bad luck to let any fire go out in your house during the
Christmas season. The fire in your fireplace must continue to burn
For the twelve days of Christmas.

If you do not eat plum pudding during the season, you will have bad
Luck for a year.

If you refuse mince pie at Christmas dinner, you will have bad luck
For a year.

A loaf of bread left on the table after Christmas Eve dinner will
Ensure No lack of bread for the next year.

If an apple is eaten at midnight on Christmas Eve, good health will
Follow for a year.

Tie wet bands of straw around fruit trees to make them fruitful, or
Tie a stone to a branch on Christmas Eve.

Nothing sown on Christmas Eve will perish, even if the seed is sown
In the snow.

In the Netherlands they take a fir stick and thrust it into the fire
And let it burn partially. They put it under the bed. This serves as
Lightening protection.

Never launder a Christmas present before giving it to its recipient
As this takes out the good luck.
To have good health throughout the next year, eat an apple on Christmas Eve.


"Eat plum pudding on Christmas and avoid losing a friend before next
Christmas."

"On Christmas Eve all animals can speak. However, it is bad luck to
Test this superstition. "

"The child born on Christmas Day will have a special fortune."

"Wearing new shoes on Christmas Day will bring bad luck."

"In Ireland it is believed the gates of Heaven open at midnight on
Christmas Eve. Those who die then go straight to Heaven."

"If you refuse a mince pie at Christmas dinner, you will have bad
Luck for the coming day."

"If you eat a raw egg before eating anything else on Christmas
Morning,
You will be able to carry heavy weights."

"Snow on Christmas means Easter will be green."

"Good luck will come to the home where a fire is kept burning
Throughout the Christmas season."

"Place shoes by side on Christmas Eve to prevent a quarreling
Family."

"A clear star-filled sky on Christmas Eve will bring good crops in
The summer."

"A blowing wind on Christmas Day brings good luck."

"In Greece, some people burn their old shoes during the Christmas
season to prevent misfortunes in the coming year."

"In the Swedish countryside, from cock crow to daybreak
on Christmas morning the trolls (wicked elves) roam about."

"In Devonshire, England, a girl raps at the henhouse door on
Christmas Eve.
If a rooster crows, she will marry within the year."

"You will have as many happy months in the coming year, as the
number of houses you eat mince pies in during Christmastime. "

"Shout 'Christmas Gift' to the first person knocking on your door
on Christmas Day and expect to receive a gift from the visitor."