Things that are bad luck, worldwide... 7. Friday the 17th (Italy) 6. Tuesday the 13th (Greece) 5. Sharing a pear with your spouse (China) 4. Yo-yos (Syria) 3. Complimenting a baby (Serbia) 2. Knitting outside in winter (Iceland) 1. Having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife (Canada)
I suppose knitting outside in winter in Iceland gets you frozen, and dying is definitely bad luck
Basically everything (Bulgaria)
In Spain the saying is โen 13 y martes, ni te cases ni embarquesโ, i.e. โon Tuesday 13th neither marry nor set sailโ.
Money in a bowl or container in Russia (hoarding wealth and indicating a fear of losing it means you're inviting it to be stolen iirc) Whistling at night isn't just South Korea but also indigenous Americans Leaving your bag/purse on the ground (Mexico iirc) it invites misfortune but i think it's -
Well isn't it ironic
a black cat crossing your path (Ukraine) giving a knife as a gift (Russia) saying congrats ahead of time (Jewish)
Any spoon can be a knife
You had me the whole way through ๐๐๐
Iceland one seems self-evident
* Note: the Canadian superstition is definitely just plain old back luck (NOT irony)