Dictionary of American Superstitions

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Baby shoes

A pair of miniature baby shoes hung on the inside of the cab of a truck is held to protect the driver against accident.
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April Fool’s Day

April Fool's Day: The day of practical jokes. A world-wide day of celebration: the first of April. Celebrated by ancients as the beginning of the vernal equinox amidst general frolicking. To be fooled by a pretty maiden signifies that you…

Apple love divination

In USA an apple's division was performed to determine the love fate of a person. The number of seeds determined the fate : One , I Love - Two, I love -Three, I Love,I say - Four, I Love with…

Apple

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away". This saying carries some grains of truth in that a much needed mineral (potassium) is found in an apple.