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There are many superstitions and old wives tales about the house and home. From our collection of folklore, here are some sayings for good luck in your home.
- Scatter Solomon's seal on the floor to banish serpents and venomous creatures from the room.
- To protect your house from lightning, gather hazel tree branches on Palm Sunday and keep them in water.
- Add caraway seeds to chicken feed to keep poultry from wandering. Feed the seeds to homing pigeons to help them find their way back.
- Stuff fennel in your keyhole or hang it over your door to protect against witches.
- Never carry a hoe into the house. If you do so by mistake, carry it out again, walking backward to avoid bad luck.
- Never walk under a ladder, which is Satan's territory. If you must do it, cross your fingers or make the sign of the fig (closed fist, with thumb between index and middle fingers).
- If you give a steel blade to a friend, make the recipient pay you a penny to avoid cutting the friendship.
- Never give a knife as a housewarming present, or your new neighbor will become an enemy.
- Never pound a nail after sundown, or you will wake the tree gods.
- Nail an evergreen branch to new rafters to bring good luck. An empty hornets' nest, hung high, also will bring good luck to a house of any age.
- When you move to a new house, always enter first with a loaf of bread and a new broom. Never bring an old broom into the house.
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