7 Superstitious Foods

Oranges

Did you know that giving someone an orange is a love token and should make them fall in love with you? Christmas stocking tangerines are also linked back to tales of St Nicholas leaving gold in people's stockings of yore!

Garlic

Folklore has it that garlic will keep you safe from the ill effects of vampires, and the evil eye!  

Salt

Spill salt and you're in for a dose of bad luck - unless you toss a pinch over your right shoulder to blind the devil.  

Rice

Scatter grains of rice over newly-weds to secure a future of happiness, health and wealth!  

Parsley

Sowing parsley seeds is reputed to help a woman fall pregnant  

Bananas

Whatever you do - do NOT take a banana onto a boat at sea!  

Tea leaves

You can tell almost everything about what's in store for you, from the remnants of your cuppa