Funny how some of the beliefs are opposite in some regions. Where I grew up, it was the small part of the wishbone (or pulley bone, as we called it) that was the lucky piece. And, horseshoes were hung the other way, so the luck would spill out over those who passed through the door.

My mother actually did break her back and for years I held the silent dread that I had caused it by walking on all those cracks.

A horse with one white foot or leg is fast and sound, but one with four white legs is slow and stubborn.

When moving a cat to a different house, take it out through the window of the old house and in through a window at the new house, to keep it from trying to return to the first house.