Spilling salt is a common misfortune ... the weather gods to the umbrella symbolizing misfortune trapped inside. This childhood rhyme is a more lighthearted superstition, but its origins are ...

Friday the 13th, of any month, is full of superstitions in the west ... and usually by less powerful people. If you spill salt, throw a pinch of it over your left shoulder to ward off bad luck ...

It brings together some of the most common superstitions about animals ... He has forgotten the salt.