SALT
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- #644
It is unlucky to pass salt across the table.
- #645
Spilling salt is unlucky; throw some over your left shoulder, or burn a pinch to avert ill luck.
Northern Ohio. - #646
It is bad luck to spill salt unless it is burned.
Virginia. - #647
If you spill salt, throw some over your left shoulder, and then crawl under one side of the table and come out on the other, to prevent bad luck.
Bucks Co., Pa. - #648
Spilling salt at table is ill luck to the one towards whom it is spilled.
Iowa. - #649
If you spill salt, you will have a whipping.
New England and Canada.