Mental Floss:

Spilling pepper, complimenting a baby, and cutting your fingernails after dark are just a few of the things that will earn you bad luck around the world.

I’ve always been fascinated by superstitions and their origins. Many of these are common to us here in North America and some seem “silly”. My mom was very superstitious – for example, she thought it was bad luck to let a rocking chair rock with no one in it. What are your “odd” superstitions?