Irish culture has many superstitions that originated from a mix of Christianity, folklore, and stories passed down through generations. Some of the more common Irish superstitions include beliefs that a person's luck is determined at birth, finding a horseshoe can bring lifelong luck if discovered on the way home, and black cats crossing one's path can signify either good or bad luck depending on whether the cat makes eye contact. Reciting a poem about the days of the week is also thought to bring marital luck.

1. Irish superstitions
Gabriella Bezerra de Lima

2. Irish and superstitions
• The Irish believe that you're an Irishman, You own luck
since birth.
• Of course every country has the superstition
included in their culture and customs, but the Irish
overcame any nation. Especially in rural areas, some
superstitions are taken very seriously, and they are
presented in many different ways: spells, potions, charms,
omens, rituals and healings. They say that they really have
the power to cure diseases, ward off the devil, give good or
bad luck, help with love and much more. Nobody knows
exactly why they came and where they went, but the right
and they are a mix of Christianity, naturalism, folklore and
stories passed, and distorted, from generation to
generation.

3. SOME
SUPERTITIONS

4. • When a fishing season and not conducive to
good fortune can be generated by simply
changing the name of the vessel, changing the
name changes to luck.
• Finding a horseshoe can bring luck for a
lifetime, but only if it is found on the route
home

5. • It is considered bad luck if you take or steal
anything from a blacksmith
• It is believed that if you enter and leave a
house through the same door you brought
good luck to you.
• If someone killed a hero inside a stone
building would be punished by a terrible bad
luck.

6. • When a black cat cross your path and a sign of luck,
but if you are accompanied and cat first look at you,
means someone in your family died soon.
• There is a poem to be recited one day before the
wedding and on the wedding day, so lucky in marriage.
“Monday for health,
Tuesday for wealth.
Wensday, the best day of all,
Thursday for losses,
Friday for crosses,
Saturday is no day at all.”